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Scarred Birch Trees |
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Since birch trees were such an important source of material for the Dogrib, scarred birch trees are a common sight in places where people once camped. Canoes, baskets and utensils were all made from birchbark, which was carefully stripped from the tree with a knife. The Dogrib treated this task with great delicacy, as the number of scarred birch trees still living and growing in the region demonstrates. In addition, because they were plentiful in most areas, there was always material close at hand should a birchbark canoe need to be repaired while in transit.
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| Stripping birchbark for a canoe (Tom Andrews/PWNHC) | |
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