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EXHIBITIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC
Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of the Chesapeake
Ongoing
Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
Ongoing
Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories
Ongoing
Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities
Ongoing

EXHIBITIONS IN NEW YORK
Beauty Surrounds Us
September 23, 2006–March 31, 2010



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008
DEMONSTRATIONS
Anishinabe Wigwas Giiman is Coming!
(Ojibwe Birch Bark Canoe is Coming!)
August 8, 2008–August 21, 2008
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Daily
Washington DC
Potomac

Native Boatbuilding Traditions: Ojibwe Birch Bark Canoe

For a 12-day period, two canoe builders—Marvin Defoe (Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe) and Jeff Savage (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)—will construct a full-size birch bark canoe in the Mall Museum's Potomac Atrium. They will demonstrate and discuss the process of birch bark canoe building.
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