Tipatshimuna 
Description:
string made from caribou hide
Innu Narrative:
“It’s assemeapin. It’s used on the middle part of the snowshoe. This is called atepin. It is used for the lower and the upper part of the snowshoe and they are both called the same thing.” Etuat Mistenapeo
“Pishakepesh, caribou hide string.” Tshishennish Pasteen.
Other Info:
MacKenzie lists assiminiapi as “wide babiche (string) of hide for netting a snowshoe.”
MacKenzie lists pishiminiapi as “babiche; hide string; thong.”
“The netting is made of deerskin, with the hair removed, and allowed to dry into a condition usually known as parchment. This is cut into strips of variable width, depending on the particular use for which it is wanted. The line is generally 10 to 20 feet in length, and when the netting is completed it somewhat resembles the seating of a cane-bottomed chair. Each individual varies his work according to fancy, but as the netting between the bars is made of coarser line, more compactly woven, there is less difference there than at the toe or heel.” Turner (1979[1894]:146)
Drapeau lists assimaniapi as “grosse babiche utilisée pour le tissage du center de la raquette (large sinew used to weave the center of the snowshoe),” and atipish as “fine babiche (fine sinew).”