Tłı̨chǫ K'ielà Project

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