Review - Of Baskets and Borers: The Past, Present, and Future of Indigenous Basketry in the White Mountains
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WHAT MAKES THE brown or black ash tree (maahlakws) so important to Algonquian peoples is its unique ring structure. Like any tree, each year brings a new growth ring. But this tree, which prefers wet, forested areas and has a range along the U.S.–Canada border from Newfoundland to west of Lake Superior—basically matching the homelands of northeastern Algonquian- speaking peoples—can, with both care and some force, be stripped apart to make the long, thin strips that have been the raw material for basketmaking for time immemorial.
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