Such "pieced" bark requires double-stitch sewing to the bottom strip, which is very time consuming. Thus the harvest of large birch by the dominant society hastened the decline of the craft - one ...

Johnson continues many of the craft traditions of his Ojibwe culture, including beading, weaving, moccasin making, and the techniques and process of birch bark etching. He creates and embellishes ...

Tracing its origins to the Stone Age, birch bark has served a role akin to our ... bark that he gets from friends and family, Pekkarinen crafts whatever comes into his mind.

The main ingredient — birch bark or sap — was thought to have medicinal ... In contrast, regular beers run between 4 to 6% alcohol, while today's craft brews across the U.S. and beyond often ...

Helen Peltier, who is Anishinaabe from Fort William First Nation, has reconnected to her culture and community through the humble birch bark tree. For Anishinaabe people, the birch tree is a ...