It's Chuck Commanda's contention that if birch bark canoes did not exist, Canada would have evolved vastly differently. "If it weren't for the birch bark canoe, these Europeans, the newcomers ...

Birch bark biters create intricate designs by folding a strip of birch bark several times and making tiny impressions in the bark by biting down, delicately. When the bark is unfolded, it reveals a ...

His name was Onfim, and he was a 7-year-old boy. Onfim’s birch bark scraps show signs of schoolwork, with psalms and cyrillic alphabet exercises written out on many of them.

Birch are the stuff legends are made of. We Canadians have high regard for birch trees because we cherish the stories of original Canadians who used birch bark to make canoes. Birch bark has also ...

“The workshop is about going back to the source,” said Michelle. Each participant drew their L’nuk hieroglyphic message on a piece of birch bark. The symbols enabled participants to express themselves ...

Birch bark has long been used to treat skin ailments within Indigenous communities, and now two researchers—a chemist and an Indigenous studies professor, will be combining their expertise to better ...

Yellowknife fashion designer Cheryl Fennell had planned for weeks about how she would transport her delicate birch bark dress from Yellowknife to Vancouver for Indigenous Fashion Week.

Birch bark is waterproof, strong, and flexible, and Athabascan women traditionally fashioned it into baskets of many shapes and sizes. These were used to collect water, berries and roots; to hold food ...

B.C. birch bark biter Angelique Merasty Levac is passing on her craft, in hopes her granddaughter will pass it down to the next generations of "little biters." ...