It seemed like an impossible dream to build birchbark canoes and survive at it ... multiple feathers and soaking it in boiling water to make it flexible, then cuts and sews the bark to the ...

Although the birch-bark canoe today has been supplanted ... praised the Indian talent in using only natural materials in canoe construction: "The Indians make no use of nails and screws, but ...

Canoes take many forms: from the slick lines of a racing canoe, to the ruggedness of a seagoing cedar canoe, from cleverly assembled birch bark ... many nominations making this important ...