FIBERS From the skin of plants such as milkweed, dogbane and nettle the Illiniwek obtained strong fibers which they twisted into cordage. This was used to manufacture items such as fishing nets and lines or woven into belts, bags and clothing. The inner bark of the wi-ka-pi or basswood (sometimes called Linn) tree was the most important source of bast fiber from which the storage bags were woven. The most common bags (of basswood innerbark fiber and cordage) in the Woodlands, utilized prima ...

Click to View Our Virtual Tour Located 18 km north & west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada at a place where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains meet the great plains, one of the world's oldest, largest and best preserved buffalo jump's known to exist -- Head-Smashed-In. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, Head-Smashed-In has been used continuously by aboriginal peoples of the plains for more than 5,500 years. Why is this place a World Heri ...

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pdf version Cedar -- A Great Provider Oh, the cedar tree! If mankind in his infancy had prayed for the perfect substance for all material and aesthetic needs, an indulgent god could have provided nothing better. Bill Reid Scientists call it Thuja plicata or Western redcedar. The Nuu-chah-nulth call it humis, the Haida name is tsu and the Ktunaxa word for it is ?i¢nat. Red-cedar is found in British Columbia. along the entire coast and in the interior valleys ...

THE ROOTS OF NORTH AMERICAN MEDICINE From Indian Life Magazine Volume 15, Number 3 1994 article by Jean Wyatt Reprinted With Permission When early explorers discovered a vast new wilderness that one day would be known as North American they also came upon this continent's first medical team. The inhabitants of the unexplored land were a race of people distinguished as the North American Indians. Long before that first contact with the whiteman these aboriginal peoples were clever in findi ...

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