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Index of Subjects This message is in MIME format. --=_1fyvi80fyc4k Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Description: Plaintext Version of Message Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Just past Whycocomagh there is a little park on the right, the white=C2=A0birch there are all cut vertically with a powersaw. =C2=A0 Culturally Modified Trees? =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ------------------------------------------------------------ =C2=A0 On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 14:20:23 -0300 (ADT), Dusan Soudek wrote: Tuma, =C2=A0=C2=A0 is there a tradition among the Mi'kmaq of=C2=A0 "marker tree= s?"=C2=A0 Or a cultural memory of such trees? =C2=A0Such 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....=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Dusan Soudek On July 5, 2013 at 1:32 PM Tuma Young wrote: 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. =C2=A0In fact, I will be going out this weekend to harvest bark to make birchbark oil that is used by traditional Mi'kmaq healers. =C2=A0Generally speaking the tree suffers no damage and quickly heals. =C2=A0 Trees that have been harvested are =C2=A0called CMT's (Culturally Modified Trees) by researchers and this also applies to longer growing species. =C2=A0CMT's have recently become the subject of archaeological and anthropological research in BC. =C2=A0Locations where CMT's are found have formed the basis for protection against logging, clear cutting or biomass harvesting. =C2=A0 On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, nancy dowd < nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: The following text of an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine (Summer '13) caught my attention: "It's white birch bark harvest season! We need to buy bark from thousands of trees in June and July!" From the contact email I tracked down the company website: http://www.birchbarkvt.com/ I though stripping birch bark from trees would kill the tree. The website says nothing about the safety to the trees (or lack thereof) of this activity. Nancy =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --=_1fyvi80fyc4k Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="=_1isd16g13lj4"; start="1it51ajldp0k@webcentremail.webcentre.ca" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This message is in MIME format. --=_1isd16g13lj4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Description: HTML Version of Message Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-ID: 1it51ajldp0k@webcentremail.webcentre.ca <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset= =3DUTF-8" data-hsystem=3D"true"><style>p{margin: 0;padding: 0;}</style></head><body><p>=C2=A0</p> <p>=C2=A0</p> <p>Just past Whycocomagh there is a little park on the right, the white=C2= =A0birch there are all cut vertically with a powersaw.</p> <p>=C2=A0</p> <p>Culturally Modified Trees?</p> <p>=C2=A0</p> <p>=C2=A0</p> <p>=C2=A0</p> <p>------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>=C2=A0</p> <p><br><br>On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 14:20:23 -0300 (ADT), Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:<br></p> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(= 0,0,0) 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=3D"ltr" _mce_style=3D"border-left: 2px solid #000000; padding-right: 0px; padding-l= eft: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div id=3D"html-message"><meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"> <div>Tuma, </div> <div>=C2=A0=C2=A0 is there a tradition among the Mi'kmaq of=C2=A0 "marker t= rees?"=C2=A0 Or a cultural memory of such trees? =C2=A0Such culturally modified trees had the= ir 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....=C2= =A0 </div> <div>=C2=A0 Dusan Soudek </div> <div><br>On July 5, 2013 at 1:32 PM Tuma Young <tumayoung@me.com> wro= te: </div> <div style=3D"POSITION: relative" _mce_style=3D"position: relative;"> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: blu= e 1px solid" type=3D"cite" _mce_style=3D"border-left: blue 1px solid; padding-lef= t: 10px; margin-left: 0px;">The Mi'kmaq have been harvesting birch bark for thousand= s 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. =C2=A0In fact, I will be g= oing out this weekend to harvest bark to make birchbark oil that is used by traditio= nal Mi'kmaq healers. =C2=A0Generally speaking the tree suffers no damage and qu= ickly heals. =C2=A0 Trees that have been harvested are =C2=A0called CMT's (Cultur= ally Modified Trees) by researchers and this also applies to longer growing species. =C2= =A0CMT's have recently become the subject of archaeological and anthropological rese= arch in BC. =C2=A0Locations where CMT's are found have formed the basis for prot= ection against logging, clear cutting or biomass harvesting. <div>=C2=A0 </div> <div><br><div> <div>On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, nancy dowd < <a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>&g= t; wrote: </div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> <div> <div> <div>The following text of an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine (Su= mmer '13) caught my attention: <br><br></div>"It's white birch bark harvest seas= on! We need to buy bark from thousands of trees in June and July!" <br><br></div>From the contact email I tracked down the company website: <b= r><a href=3D"http://www.birchbarkvt.com/" target=3D"">http://www.birchbarkvt.com= /</a> <br><br></div>I though stripping birch bark from trees would kill the tree.= The website says nothing about the safety to the trees (or lack thereof) of th