Birchbark
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Canada, United States
Article abstract: Birchbark served a wide variety of purposes for the northeastern and boreal Indians, from roofing material to the covering of canoes
The image of figures gliding silently along a river in a birchbark canoe, as depicted in thousands of stories and films, is one of the most common images people throughout the world have of American Indians. Indeed, in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, birchbark canoes were widely used both for personal travel and for transporting goods. The canoes were made by first fashioning a framework of cedar, comprising...
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