At the caribou crossing place, part 2

Duration: 0:29:43

Genre: Educational | Ethnographic | Historical

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Educational Development Center: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | National Film Board of Canada: Distributor | Universal Educational & Visual Arts: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Documents through indigenous sound a caribou hunting expedition by four Eskimos. Details the four men building from stone a long row of man-like figures, called inukshuit, down toward the water. Shows the men driving caribou into the water where other men in kayaks spear the animals. Concludes with the men skinning the caribou and eating the marrow from the bones prior to the family feasting on the meat.

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