Birch bark

Forests cover a third of all land on Earth, providing vital organic infrastructure for some of the planet's densest, most diverse collections of life. They support countless species as well as 1.6 billion human livelihoods, yet humans are also responsible for 32 million acres of deforestation every year. Why are forests so important?? 1. They help us breathe Forests pump out the oxygen we need to live and absorb the carbon dioxide we exhale (or emit). Just one adult leafy tree can produce as…

baskets are traditionally built from pine needles or river cane wicker. Southwestern Indians make baskets from tightly coiled sumac or willow wood, and Northwest Coast Indians typically weave with cedar bark, swamp grass, and spruce root. Northern Indian tribes like the Ojibwe and Dene craft birch bark baskets, and the Inuit even make whale baleen baskets. As native people were displaced from their traditional lands and lifestyles, their traditional tribal basket weaving styles started…

lovely garden ". Robert Frost's frigid "Birches" is something beyond the affectionate ramblings of a nature lover. It is additionally an individual journey to accomplish adjust between various universes. Frost communicates this thought utilizing birch trees as an expanded illustration and the repeating theme of a vivacious fellow climbing and swinging down on them. By transparently sharing his contemplations and emotions, Frost urges the reader to relate to the lyric and search out their own…

The taiga biome – known by some as the Snow Forest – is a fascinating environmental phenomenon; spanning from North America to Eurasia in the highest latitudes, the taiga is an unbelievably difficult place to live, and plants and animals must be uniquely suited to handle the harsh climate and terrain. Surprisingly, there are a number of different plants that can endure the long, brutal winters and short, fleeting summers of the taiga, and they range from large pines to tiny lichens, each serving…

all day and collected in a birch bark bowl that leaned against the tree. The next day, his wife took notice of the full bowl and, thinking it was water, used it to cook a venison stew.” The early Native Americans would go to a spot where plenty of Maple trees were and cut V-shaped openings in the tree that the sap would slowly trickle out of. They would then set large birch bowls under the cut to collect the sap. After that, the Natives would pour the sap into hollow birch logs or clay pots,…

Just imagine, living in the 19 century and having to hunt and gather your own food, plant and distribute food to neighbors for other food, trade things with other tribes, among other things. In this article, I will discuss the culture of the Hodenosaunee and how it relates to their society. The environment the Hodenosaunee lived in was located in “Northern New York State in North America called Mohawk Valley” (Murdock, 1934, p. 1). Mohawk Valley was a fertile territory that was between the…

Haida people they decorate their clothes with eagle and raven. Also, most of their clothes was made of red and yellow cedar bark and their clothes were soft, dense, and waterproof. Lastly, the Cree and Haida people are very different when it comes to their shelters/home. Cree people lived in teepees, it’s like tents except it’s made up of tree branches and birch bark that’s tied up at the top. However, Haida people lived in a house that’s called “Longhouses”. Longhouses are made up…

The Life Cycle Both “Birches” and “Spring and all” are the all-day true poems which were written during the cultural and social change of the 20th century. Those poems are life changers because they have a strong cone on the human life using natural source as a means of expression during those historic sociocultural changes of that time. Robert Frost’s “Birches” and William Williams’ “Spring and all” are two modernist poems that symbolize and acknowledge the eminence of life: birth, childhood,…

will not shed until just before, or soon after birth. Only the hair on our head, eyebrows, and eyelashes remain. This most comes from the non-human primates we evolved from. When factories were creating pollution that changed the colors of the bark on birch trees from white to gray, the color of the moths become a large factor in survival. The moths who were gray could blend in with the new color, hiding from predators. The white moths had a harder time. This caused there to be a higher…

and some pine needles had fallen into the bottom of the hole. It looked as if some animal had spread them evenly as if preparing a nest. Across the opening, a spider had spun its web. I sat on the stump and looked at a group of birch trees. I remembered how birch bark supplied the pitch to seal the hide of a Welsh’s fishing boat. I was thinking of my great uncles and cousins. How different their life had been. I felt grateful to know how my grandfather felt about the death of his son’s. I felt…