Construction of birchbark canoe; WIDE ANGLE SHOT of Atikamekw man carrying axe, walking in woods toward large paper birch and cutting down small tree in passing. TILT UP to birch he cuts into with axe. CU of axe striking gash in trunk. MS, he strikes tree with axe with all his might. WIDE ANGLE SHOT, tree falls. MS, man sits on trunk, begins cutting bark with knife.