Birchbark biting (Ojibwe: Mazinibaganjigan, plural: mazinibaganjiganan) is an Indigenous artform made by Anishinaabeg, including Ojibwe people,[1] Potawatomi, and Odawa, as well as Cree[2] and other Algonquian peoples of the Subarctic and Great Lakes regions of Canada and the United States. Artists bite on small pieces of folded birch bark to form intricate designs.[3]
Indigenous artists used birchbark biting for entertaining in storytelling and to create patterns for quillwork and other art forms.
In the 17th century, Jesuits sent samples of this artform to Europe, where it had been previously unknown.[4] The practice remained common in Saskatchewan into the 1950s.[5]
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^Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples. Visible Ink Press; 18 April 2016. ISBN 978-1-57859-608-9. p. 1273–.
^"Birch Bark Biting". The Canadian Encyclopedia
^Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference. Carleton University; 1995. p. 307–308.
Birchbarkbiting (Ojibwe: Mazinibaganjigan, plural: mazinibaganjiganan) is an Indigenous artform made by Anishinaabeg, including Ojibwe people, Potawatomi...
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government and received three reserves. Angelique Merasty (1924–1996) was birchbarkbiting artist. First Nations in Alberta List of Indian reserves in Alberta...
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