Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRANKLIN ― It would be hard to overstate the importance of the black ash tree to the Abenaki people of Vermont. Not only does it ...

When the emerald ash borer was first discovered in Akwesasne Mohawk territory in 2016, it was a painful blow. Not only are ash trees essential parts of the forest, but they’re also the raw material ...

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin member Sherri LaChapelle-Corn (Pitapanukiw) lectured on the plight of the black ash tree and taught a traditional basket weaving class for the Wisconsin Science ...

Today, only about 10 Ho-Chunk artists still make the baskets, and the black ash trees they are made from are becoming extinct. An exhibition of Ho-Chunk baskets is running at the Paine Art Center and ...

Frank Weese, of Traverse City, is one of Michigan's few Indian black ash splint basket makers. He provided the following pictures that show the steps to making a black ash basket. A large basket takes ...

To Wabanaki basketmakers, ash wood can seem specially intended for their craft. Woven into baskets, it sometimes looks possessed of a controlled energy, like a frozen waterfall. “Ash is smooth and ...

As Tyanne Peebles carefully weaves together strips from a black ash tree to make a basket, she knows it has to be made with love. “As you weave, you put yourself into the basket,” she said. “It has to ...

High in the hill country of Chesterfield, Benjamin Higgins, the last of the pounded-ash basket makers, has pursued this ancient craft for more than 60 years. Mr. Higgins lives by the creed displayed ...

FRANKLIN ― It would be hard to overstate the importance of the black ash tree to the Abenaki people of Vermont. Not only does it provide the perfect material for their traditional basket-making, but ...