Cesar Newashish (1904–1994) was an Atikamekw (First Nations) canoe maker and elder. He was born in 1904 in Manawan, Quebec, a settlement located about 200 kilometres north of Montreal, Quebec.
In 1971, he attended the Mariposa Folk Festival as an artisan, and built a canoe there, using the traditional methods of his ancestors: birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.[1] Once the festival was over, he then donated the birch bark canoe to the Royal Ontario Museum, where it was still on display as of 2018.[2][3] His work on building the canoe is documented in the National Film Board of Canada documentary called Cesar's Bark Canoe,[4] which was also released in 1971.[1][5]
Cesar Newashish died at the age of 90.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b César's Bark Canoe, National Film Board of Canada, retrieved 2018-05-28
- ^ "Data". archives.library.yorku.ca.
- ^ McDonald, Randy (2017-01-11). "[Photo] Freight canoe by César Newashish, ROM". Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ^ "César's Bark Canoe by Bernard Gosselin - NFB". Nfb.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Freight canoe by César Newashish". Flickr. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ^ "Cesar's Bark Canoe". forum.woodenboat.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
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