Wayne Valliere, an artist-in-residence at Northwestern University and one of only a handful of Native birchbark canoe builders left in the U.S., constructs an elaborate 16-foot canoe. ICE took her ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine – One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Maine, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years. The canoe ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - People along the shore were yelling “Good luck, Wayne!” as Wayne Valliere paddled into the starlit night aboard his torch-laden birchbark canoe equipped with a handmade spear. One of ...

Along the shore of the Nashwaak River, a tributary of the Wolastoq or St. John River, dozens of people gathered to celebrate the continuation of traditional canoe making when they attended the launch ...

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