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Extent:
1 Negatives (photographic)
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Date:
1925 Summer
Scope and Contents:
An Innu man gathering capelin or caplin (Mallotus villosus, a small fish of the smelt family), in a metal tub with handles. The fish probably have been stranded after spawning, and are used as dog food in the winter. Wooden structures and electrical poles on the rise above the beach near the Uashat-Maliotenam reserve, Sept-Îles, Quebec.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Some images restricted: Cultural Sensitivity
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frederick Johnson photograph collection, Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
