Through the medium of birchbark, artist Ron Paquin found healing in his Native roots. He hopes to pass on his gift to the ...

"Wiigwaasi-jiimaan," the Anishinaabemowin word for birchbark canoe, will be officially revealed Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at the ...

While tea was commonly made from the root bark and young leaves, Native Americans often constructed birch bark canoes, buckets, and baskets. Additionally, the bark has been used to make casts for ...

When the birch bark canoe Chuck Commanda is building goes into the Wye River Thursday afternoon, it will provide a bridge to the past that goes back 4,500 years. Armed with the accumulated ...

Todd Labrador’s Mi’kmaq family has been building birch bark canoes for generations at Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site in Nova Scotia. “At one time when we harvested birch bark ...

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Perhaps the best catalog that exists is from researchers in Mexico, who have systematically recorded dogs in their homes in specific situations, getting them to bark by, say, knocking on a door or ...

Maylis de Kerangal’s new story collection, “Canoes,” is a moving, surprising exploration of grief and friendship across seven short stories and one novella, set in France, Canada and the ...

BARK, Inc. is a dog-centric company, engaged in making products, services, and content for dogs. It operates through the Direct to Consumer and Commerce segments. The Direct to Consumer segment is ...

In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark with his knife, before intricately weaving them into beautiful objects.

The first thing I ever said to my dog was, “Do you want to come home with me?” He was six pounds, and 10 weeks old. He craned ...