In June of 1996 six Tłįcho elders spent two weeks at Russell Lake outside Behchokǫ̀ in the NWT building a birchbark canoe. This project was captured on video which celebrates the rediscovery of lost skills and demonstrates the sharing of talents and effort that communities required to make a living from the land.
Read the Tłı̨chǫ K'ielà Project Information Pamphlet
View video on the Tłı̨chǫ K'ielà Project on PWNHC Vimeo Channel or below:
References:
- Dogrib Birchbark Canoe (1997) from PWNHC on Vimeo.
- Dogrib Birchbark Canoe Project from Archives Canada
- The Dogrib Birchbark Canoe Project by Thomas D. Andrews, John B. Zoe Vol 51, No 1 (1998) on Arctic Institute of North America