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Cultural Traditions Workshop Birch Bark Basket Making with Lena Tickett

Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center 101 Dunkel St, Fairbanks, AK, United States

Lena Tickett, an Inupiaq Eskimo, grew up in the village of Kobuk, Alaska. She learned to make birch bark baskets from her mother when she was 14-years-old. It’s not easy—Lena rarely has any fingerprints left after working with the tough bark and spruce roots. She and her cultural.programs@tananachiefs.org partner Al Capsul collect the birch bark and spruce… Read More

$225