Not only is it mesmerizing to watch the videos and try to figure out what they’re making, but the various ovens, grills, ...

Bright and white against blue skies, paper birch trees (Betula papyrifera) liven up the winter landscape, especially when contrasted against green conifers, which have made them darlings of seasonal ...

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Birch bark tar found at a site in southwestern Estonia has led to researchers for the first time extracting human DNA, offering a fascinating new insight into the region's more distant past. The ...

In early September, radio industry veteran Tom Birch and his Lakes Media first made it known that “illegal translator interference” was impacting the reach of a Clarksville, Va.-licensed FM with ...

If you walked through the college library at any point between Nov. 3 and Nov.14, you may have noticed an unexpected sight — a man working on a birchbark canoe. That man is Chuck Commanda, knowledge ...

About 30 people attended the ceremony. Perley-Dutcher built the canoe under a program called, Under One Sky, which is a Wabanaki Land Based Program designed to bring Indigenous practices and skills ...

Not all bark is created equal, 82-year-old Butch Phillips says, and he should know. For more than 30 years, Phillips, a member of the Penobscot Nation who grew up on Indian Island, has been making ...

A class on the assembly of a wooden canoe at the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' community center in Escanaba brought together many hands. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press) ESCANABA — A ...

Researchers excavating an estate dating back to the 12th and 15th century, have discovered a complete birch bark letter in the historic city center of Veliky Novgorod in north-western Russia. The ...

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