Construction of birchbark canoe; MS of Atikamekw man pouring hot water on thin pieces of cedar. He bends them with just his hands to shape them into end piece for canoe. CU and MCS of hands binding thin pieces of cedar with spruce root laces to shape them into canoe end piece. CU, with knife he makes two notches at tip of cedar piece. MCS, he dresses cedar piece with curved knife. MCS, he attaches it to canoe end piece. MCS, he compares two canoe end pieces he has made.