Tipatshimuna 
Description:
Title card states that this item was used for making snowshoes. Awl consisting of bone T-shaped handle and steel point (approximately 1.5″ long) driven into handle.
References:
Lucien M. Turner. 1979[1894]. Indians and Eskimos in the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula. Quebec: Presses COMEDITEX. James W. VanStone. 1985. Material Culture of the Davis Inlet and Barren Ground Naskapi: the William Duncan Strong Collection. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. Fieldiana, Anthropology New Series No.7.
Innu Narrative:
“Is this an awl? Here is the sharp object. This is used for drilling holes in snowshoes [frames]; maybe for making holes in the top of snowshoes. The name for this around here: pukunenikan.” Matinen (Rich) Katshinak
“It looks like pukunenikan (awl).” Pinamen (Rich) Katshinak
“A man put his knife in it. Maybe a smaller knife is for that. There is a name for a small knife for bloodletting and it is called matish. This bag must be used to put matish in it too, and it won’t be misplaced. They put their mauh (needle used for snowshoes) in it too. It can be used for anything.” Matinen (Selma) Michelin
Other Info:
MacKenzie dictionary lists shaputinikan and ushkatshik for bloodletting needle; umatishkut for fish netting needle.
“Two awls are described as snowshoe-making implements. One is simply a sliver of caribou leg bone worked to a point at one end…and used to maintain the size of the mesh during the weaving of snowshoe webbing… The other awl has an antler handle with a separate rectangular antler point inserted in a hole at one end… It was for making holes in the frames for selvage thongs.” VanStone (1985:17)
“One of Strong’s informants told him that this type of awl was also used to draw blood from wrist arteries when a man was ill.” VanStone (1985:21)
“Awls are made of steel or iron. The back or spring of a pocketknife or a portion of a small file appears to be the favorite material for forming them. They are usually chisel-shaped and have rectangular corners. The handle into which the metal is fastened is generally of deer horn. The shape of the handle varies from a Y shape to that of a crescent. These tools are constantly required for piercing holes in the various woods used in manufacture.” Turner (1979[1894}:155)
See Drapeau (1999) “pakunenikan, v.i.i. – qqch (étalé) est troué, percé.” tshishtaikan – “poinçon, seringue.” ushkatshiku – alène, poinçon effilé, servant à percer le cuir, le tissue (tshishtaikan – “awl, syringe.” ushkatshiku – awl, sharp awl, used to pierce leather, fabric).