White Fur Clouds - Snowshoe Hare Weaving of the Dene

White Fur Clouds | 1989 | Written and Filmed by Joyce Ronald Smith

Rosalie Causa is 87 years old and one of the last women to have the knowledge of making garments from strips of the Show Shoe Hare pelt.
These garments are made by women of the Dene people of the sub-arctic region of Canada. The technique used is of unknown origin and shows no influence due to contact with the European settlers.
Rosalie Causa lives in Fort Providence on the MacKenzie River and is a member of the Slavey group.

Narration: Margaret Thom
Music: Johnny Landry
Maps: Adam Smith
Editing and Technical: Holly Lasagna
Film Assistant: Leslie Philipp
Sponsored by: The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University
Funded by: The Rhode Island Council of the Arts, Florence Bandy, Margaret and George Vranish