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Race of the Snow Snakes - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB527618
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producing Agencies: AKO Productions Limited (Ottawa), AKO Productions Limited (Toronto)
Subject: Arts, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Sports
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1972
Running Time: 8:23
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Race of the Snow Snakes - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB527618
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producing Agencies: AKO Productions Limited (Ottawa), AKO Productions Limited (Toronto)
Subject: Arts, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Sports
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1972
Running Time: 8:23
Click here for pricing
An ancient game of the Haudenosaunee, demonstrated by Al Porter of the Six Nations Indian Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. The snow snakes are sleek, metal-tipped wooden rods about six feet long, and are raced in competition down snow furrow courses of up to 1.6 km. Thrown with dexterity they can reach speeds of over 100 km/h. The film shows the skill and handiwork that goes into their making.