So they cut and folded the bark, then sewed the folds with spruce root.
Then they hunted for something to bind around the edge, so as to strengthen the basket.
Some of the women made rims of tough grass, and some used willow stems.
These were the first rims they had ever made, but the women always put rims on their baskets after that.
“The women always put rims on their baskets after that”
THINGS TO DO
If there is a birch tree growing in your neighborhood, go and see it.
Notice whether it is a good shade tree. Does the bark on the young trees hang in strips as it does on the older trees?