Bois Forte Ojibwe birch-bark sap bucket

Bois Forte Ojibwe birch-bark sap bucket

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Birch-bark bucket used to collect sap from maple trees. Created by citizens of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, ca. 1880. The Bois Forte as well as the Grand Portage Chippewa (Ojibwe) reserve the right to hunt, fish, collect sap for maple sugar, and harvest wild rice in their traditional homelands inside the Superior National Forest.

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Minnesota Historical Society

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