Mary Bigwind & Maggie Skinaway

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

Creator(s)	Wright, Kenneth Melvin
Subjects	History Cultural Studies Literature Native American Studies Regional Studies
Date	1930
Related Section	Chapter 2: Birch-Bark Canoes
Keywords	birch bark Minnesota Ojibwe
Content Type	photograph
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Rightsholder	Minnesota Historical Society
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Credit Line	Photograph by Kenneth Melvin Wright, c. 1930, courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society, 4995-A.
Holding Contact	Minnesota Historical Society

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Birch had a number of uses for native tribes. Two Ojibwe women, Mary Bigwind and Maggie Skinaway, make birch vessels for maple sap, which could be made into syrup, supplying the tribe with its sugar.

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