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Two types of Secwepemc Canoes in the Secwepemc Museum. The bottom canoe is a dugout and the top is made of birch bark and pitch.

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Projectile points
1998
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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A series of projectile points made from various basalt stone. These artifacts are housed in the Museums archive rooms along with maps, pictures, audio visual data and records all related to Secwepemc lifestyle.

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A digging tool
1998
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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This digging tool is part of a display in the Secwepmc Museum, and was used to dig the deep roots and bulbs that were vital to Secwepemc health.

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A spear tip
1998
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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This piece from the Secwepemc Museum display and archive is a spear tip made from bone used on a fishing menip.

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Pestel and mortar
1998
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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Secwepemc Museum houses many tools related to food and medicinal gathering. This pestel and mortar are two of many.

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Balsam root
1999
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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This image is one from the Secwepemc Museum Ethnobotanical Garden and depicts the Balsam root. The virtual site to view the garden can be found at www.secwepemc.org/SECethnogardens2/index.htm

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Spear fishing
Skeetchestn, British Columbia, Canada

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Within the Secwepemc Museum are images (including a video) on the traditional ways of the Secwepemc people. This picture depicts two Secwepemc men spear fishing on Skeetchestn rocks.