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   is there a tradition among the Mi'kmaq of  "marker trees?"  Or a cultural memory of such trees?  Such culturally modified trees had their trunks partially broken, usually at two locations, with the result that the trees remained alive but with a Z-shaped trunk. There are all kinds of references to "marker trees" on the internet, but they are almost all from the U.S.... 
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<br/>On July 5, 2013 at 1:32 PM Tuma Young <tumayoung@me.com> wrote:
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The Mi'kmaq have been harvesting birch bark for thousands of years for wide variety of uses and there is a method in which you use to properly peel the bark without killing the tree.  In fact, I will be going out this weekend to harvest bark to make birchbark oil that is used by traditional Mi'kmaq healers.  Generally speaking the tree suffers no damage and quickly heals.   Trees that have been harvested are  called CMT's (Culturally Modified Trees) by researchers and this also applies to longer growing species.  CMT's have recently become the subject of archaeological and anthropological research in BC.  Locations where CMT's are found have formed the basis for protection against logging, clear cutting or biomass harvesting.
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On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, nancy dowd <
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The following text of an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine (Summer '13) caught my attention:
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http://www.birchbarkvt.com/
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