Damien Mistukushu and Kaipisiskues making a canoe

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Type: Archival materials; Photographs; Photographic prints; Negatives (photographic)

Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films, NMAI.AC.001.014, item #; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents: Outdoor portrait of Innu [Ekuanitshit (Mingan)] couple, Damien Mistukushu and his wife Kaipisiskues (aunt to Istuanishish Shimun Michel and mother to Maniakat Pietashu.) They are seated on the ground making a canoe on the Mingan (Ekuanitshit) Reserve in the Côte Nord Region of Québec, Canada.

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NMAI.AC.001.014

NMAIA

William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films

Creator

Stiles, William F., 1912-1980

Summary

This collection consists of photographic views made by William Stiles in New York, Rhode Island, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Newfoundland and Quebec, among the Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree), Eastern Band of Cherokee, Innu, Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)], Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi) [Utshimassit (Davis Inlet)], Narragansett, Niantic, Onondaga, ...