Birchbark Canoe | Lakeland PBS Full Documentary
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- Follow Grant Goltz and friends as they create a replica of an 1860's Ojibwe birchbark canoe.
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This guy is amazing, not really because he knows how to build these but because of the way he is teaching. He's kindly explaining every detail of what he's doing without any arrogance and it seems like the teaching is more important than the actual building. He's not just getting in the zone and building a canoe. Every school teacher in the world could take some pointers from this guy.
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Shane,
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Absolutely! If one has the opportunity to visit your child's classroom, you will see far too many teachers that are arrogant! Humility goes a much longer way on the actual teaching of a child than arrogance ever will! Kudos to Grant and his wife for bringing back a not quite lost art and for doing it in a Spiritual and humble way! The both remind me of Tribal Elders and teachers I have known!
From experience, when working and creating with these natural material's in a peaceful natural setting, time almost seems to stand still and a feeling of contentment and accomplishment and a sense of being in the present are always there.
Just amazing, great production. I really enjoyed watching it come to shape. Such a beautiful craft.
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Jim,
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What a wonderful hour long journey. Can not tell you how much I enjoyed the video. You are a true craftsman and your contribution to preserving native american heritage can not be overstated.
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This type of canoe was (actually or also?) built by the Attikamek in Quebec - The following source was filmed in 1971 by the NFB (Canadian National Film Board): an historical archive document as this was one of the last Amerindian canoe crafter using traditional ways: th-cam.com/video/VRFCxxAKafc/w-d-xo.html
This is a bit different than car culture. I like the way the ends come up, and the wind is not a problem for me, .
That was a great watch! Thank you!
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This guy built a canoe with a utility knife! Great show!
Lol very true
Wonderful show. My main criticism is that it's not enough to admit that the electric drill is the main inauthentic component. Even if you used a hand drill, this is clearly a post-Columbian design. The workmanship is far too exquisite. I don't see how they could have split and whittled that wood as delicately with any pre-Columbian tool. Forget the electric drill: Goltz is using a Japanese pull saw; a European splitter, drawknife, and plane; and he's definitely going through at least 100 disposable razor blades for this project. The sharpest blades First Nation people had were obsidian, and they were fragile and not to be used on wood. I am sure that after settlement, Natives were using steel knives and so this design became popular. But I am sure that a typical pre-Columbian birchbark canoe would have been a lot rougher in design and joinery.
Corrections: You use hammers!!! drills!! and more. I would like to see a video that include Only original native Americans tools!
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Thanks for recording this event, I did participate as a child birch bark canoe building & totem pole carving
This is a wonderfull work, art and craft.👍but the Paddle at the End...
I've started my family on a survivalist path leading to a sustainable village. I can't wait untill we can figure out how to build one of these. A canoe like that and this kind of knowledge is such a great asset. I'm really happy you guys do this.
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IF I JUST HAD NOWN THAT YOU LIVED IN MMN HWN I WAS LEAVING THERA¡¡¡ NOW I CAN NO LONGER GO TO YOUR COUNTRY AN IT GETS ME , I HAVE SEENG ALL THE LOVE AND CARE YOU PUD IN ALL THIS IS AVESOME THANGS TO SHARE.
We are caged by our cultural programming. Culture is a mass hallucination and when you step outside the mass hallucination you see it for what it's worth- Terence Mckenna
How much does this weigh when completed?? Thanks
It’s amazing how the building of this canoe is so educational about their culture.
its an amazing process to see it take shape, but I'm left wondering how on earth the canoes were being made at the time settlers first arrived, without awl, drawknife, adze, hand drill, utility knife, chisel, c clamp and dozuki saw. I simply can't imagine it. how the functionality of each one of these was implemented circa 1550 would be a documentary in itself.
To answer your questions.
1.) As you know, they didn't use steel, they used flint. I am a flintknapper, and I can tell you that flint is scary sharp. I've skinned animals and they are just as good as any knife on the market. As a matter of fact, present day surgeons actually prefer obsidian for their sharpness as they can be sharper than stainless scalpels. However, they do not use them because they are brittle and leave liability to break and cause infection if they are left in the body. Also, Natives had awls made out of flint, for draw knives, they had flint scrapers which worked as draw knives.
2.) You have to understand that even though this documentary was used with modern tools, they did not need modern tools to manipulate the wood. For example, they would use deer jaws as saws if need be, but usually, having flint to cut the wood 1/3 the way through was enough to cause a clean break where they wanted cross-cut.
3.)Our perception of time was not equivalent to their perception of time. They didn't have much to do, their entire life surrounded around survival, it consumed their lives and the time within it. To us with modern tools, cutting trees down with a chainsaw, it is unimaginable that they would spend hours hacking at one with a rock wedged in a club, but to them, it was just a way of life. Therefore, the time they spent wasn't unimaginable, it was rather, the quickest way to do it.
You bring great honor and respect in your building; both of people and boat. The definition of master craftsman.
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I'm was genuinely surprised by the quality, beauty and strength of the canoe.
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Loved it I can put in to words always Wonder how they did that
The Indians had heat guns and electricity?
I really enjoyed watching you all build the canoe the whole thing was a learning experience looks like a lot to learn but a lot of fun getting to know your team and being part of building man that would be the time of any one life something to want to teach your grand kids
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Why do 25 people dislike this? I don't get it. It's just a guy doing and explaining how he does it, whats to dislike?
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Way more entertaining then watching contractors build homes, that bores me to death, I hate home construction, its morbid to me, this on the other hand is great. Thank you white dude
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It KILLS the tree to remove this much bark
Wow!!! Our museum has several authentic birch bark canoes - two on display. Our displays aim to educate on the Fur Trade and summer transportation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The waves on Lake Superior were so big, the canoes had to be massive! Our collection contains a canoe possibly designed for a child, a fishing canoe, and a regular one used by the manager and president of Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway. Awesome video by the way, thanks for giving us an excuse to gush!
why not sap the entire exterior? thanks
Wow, spectacular video. But where is the last part when the boat is finished?
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Very nice done. I wish more people would do more those works in the traditional way. Very interisting.
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loved watching this. What a cool old dude.
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This canoe would be fine if you wanna strap it to your car, but too heavy for it's original purpose. Move quickly, leave it behind, make another easy.
Awesome video! Watching craftsmen like this work is a spiritual experience! I live on an island in Maine with highly skilled wooden boat builders and as I've often said to my wife the only real difference between a wooden boat builder and Michelangelo and a skilled wooden boat builder is one worked in marble and the other in wood. Now I will have to add birchbark canoe builders to the list!
Is the bark stripped from a downed tree? If not, does the bark regrow?
It will grow back if properly removed.
Jim Jones Always On The Go my Indian name is Always on the Slow because I move at the blinding speed of a wounded turtle.
now that is a trade
This is great. old world knowledge never fails; if technology falls apart this information never will fail.
Does it have to be birch bark?
How in thee hell does someone learn how to do that!?!? That’s crazy and really cool!!! Looks extremely hard to make!
First class instruction and presentation, Thank you for enlightening me of the basic techniques Native Americans used in birch bark canoe building. My whole life I have always wondered and now I know. Thank you.
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This knowledge almost was lost except for a book called "Bark Canoe and Skin Boats of North America" find used copies on Amazon. What question you have is answered in that book.
Superb work, thank you so much to show us this !!
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My alltime favorite movie has always been 2001 A Space Odissey. Now I have two. I have no words to describe how this documentary made me feel. Thank you for this wonderful journey !!!
Amazing craftsmanship, what a beautiful canoe. One should be in a museum.
Hello there, This building technique reminds of the stitch and glue boat building process. Like you mentioned in this video the skin is laid out first instead of the ribs (Integrity). It's a fine thing your doing, keep it up.
Amazing.From. Turkey.What kind of tree you used?
Birch.
Birch Tree (huş ağacı) and Iron Wood (demir ahşap). Kanada da her yerde ki bulunan ağaçlar. Turkiye de hiç yaşamadığım için, Türkiye de var mı bilemem.
All the wood is eastern white cedar.green and no knots. Very hard to find where i live. Lashings are spruce roots split.
how can you not like this video? amazing patience and perseverance , god bless your hands and mind.
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Absolutely astounding to watch this birch bark shaping and building art form from generations before.
These birch bark canoe' are the only true American Indian Canoe', this is a canoe which has a spirit of,
It's own would move freely down any river of water doing exactly what it has been designed to do........
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Bravo à ce Monsieur. C'est fascinant de l'écouter et de voir à quel point il respecte la façon ancestrale de construire ce Canoe. En donnant tous les détails des méthodes utilisées. J'ai presque envie de m'en faire un projet. Encore merci.
That older man has some seriously jacked forearms.
Not sure how I ended up on this video, but I am certainly happy I did. I remember learning of the birch bark canoes in grade school, then going home and looking at our birch trees wondering how those wispy pieces of bark could possible be a boat :):) Now I know :) BEAUTIFUL video! And an important video for future generations.
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You are A True Expert.. Awesome Video Great Instruction, You are Very Noble when dealing with Native Culture..love it.. Thanks A Million...
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Abraham,
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Thanks for bringing this wisdom about a mode of travel that is life giving from its inception to its use in the beauty of Creation
That was a work of art. Surprised how high it sat in the water too. No wonder it was such a good tool for transporting goods.
What a fine craftsmen you all are! This has opened my eyes to an almost lost craft, please don't let it die. Thank You All for your time and fine instruction. Yours truly "Ten Nails"
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incredible technology..amazing knowledge of environment using so many different techniques. Do you use birch or cedar for the gunwale?
So beautiful its as much art as technology.
Thank you so much for sharing!
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im a joiner time served ive been lucky enough to work with many different timbers ,have done alot of carving and mostly hand work up to the point of making my own tools so the comments i make are not empty. I loved this film the way it is all held together no glue no nails , exployting years of wood craft and a good understanding of the living material , i am english and always loved the way a bodger worked with some green timber and some seasoned and useing the lay of the grain as well to make chairs and the like held firm by shrinkige , its a shame that so much of this rich culture is at risk of being lost.thank god for people like these to teach us all ,loved the lack of screaming machines far better the sound of laughter
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Outstanding!! Been wondering since my teens on how they were made...50 years later I get to watch a master do it. Only one thing missing...I'd love to see a short Video on how the bark is stripped from the tree. I, too, always wondered how that wispy birch bark could result in a canoe...now I see that it's like 1/4" thick. That and the interior planking help explain a lot!
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thank you for the inspiring documentary from Singapore
This was very interesting. This is an excellent educational presentation. This dispelled many inaccurate myths I believed about birch bark canoes. The main one being how fragile they were.
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why do you like useing razor knife
it's almost like a giant basket.
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so glad i found this. this doc was just on kvcr/fnx out of san bernardino and i missed the first half of it. thanks for posting this video. great info!
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Magnificent, I am in awe of his craft. Incredibly kind and thorough teacher, loved him! Pretty easy on the eyes to boot :)~
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I juist happened to come onto this video, as I was searching for traditional Swedish boatmaking. This was soo interesting and entertaining! I is fantastic that century old boat making teqniques are preserved and handed over to the next generations. Thank you!
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No birch trees were harmed in making this video hahah. Great stuff guys . Very nice video.
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Phenomenal. Ever since I was young I wondered how they were made. I also wondered about the durability. I've watched a load of vids on canoe making and this was the first one that answered nearly all of the questions I had on my list. Thank you very much.
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What a great video. You can tell that all of the people involved in making this canoe cared about the traditions, craftsmanship and teaching others. Thank you
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Jeff,
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When you can teach someone to know all you know, you need to learn more so you can teach more. This is the type of teacher most teachers I have meet are. Wish I knew him as he is the type of teacher I respect. all my life.
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Art,
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Absolutely beautiful and spiritual. I'd like to learn more and how I can participate in the process in keeping this culture alive.
Thank you.
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Asahi,
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I guess that's not only a craft but also a form of art.
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En plus moderne
How could I come be a part of a build and bring home a birch bark canoe? This is amazing.
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Thank you so much for sharing. May the creator bless you all.I also want to thank the Earth Mother for supplying herself for you and us.
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What a fantastic thing a real work of Art great film wish i could come and help you build one ,,Loz in the uk,
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I love this work: is Art. lol.
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Does removing the bark from the tree kill it or does it grow back?
If your careful and don't go all the way to wood it will survive and grow back. June , July is best (by far).
Great watch, thank you. Would like to learn those techniques and do the same.
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Tomas,
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Thanks for the great video. Great production and demonstration of the process. Top finished product too.
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What a privilege to watch a piece of art / tool come together. What an incredible wedding present too.
Thank you for going to the effort of making this film 10/10. You had me riveted through out. An art that is most important to pass on through the generations.
I had no idea that the craft was that strong. Fantastic ! (Puts my wood strip to shame).
Well done team.
Gerard, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Where do I sign up
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I was so excited that I almost forgot to say thank you! Thank you! - Mike
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How long would it last with everyday use
amazing indeed,i did'nt know tree bark could be used for making canoes
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I am going to make one of those. Thank you so much for teaching me.
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Simply beautiful.
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Loved this video and what you stand for. Thank you.
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Fantastic!
(great workshop too)
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this is beautiful! how much does it weight?
It's light. One woman can put it on her head (upside down) and carry.
awesome
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Hope we always have people who can pass this on
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how did they drill the holes into wood before they had steel drills? bones? stones? does anybody know how it looked and how it was done?
They would spin the drill with leather strings, attached to .. a kind of bow... 'ish, which they would pull and drag forward and backward (like a saw) over and over again.
and what was the drill made of? bones?
Van Drare Flint, look up flint drill bit.
I know this an old post but , an awl made from bone was common. A deer leg bone if smashed from the side will split laterally and then ground to a sharp point. Some square edge left on would held to ream out the hole. Some sources say an awl from a deer antler tine was used but I've never seen an antler that was hard enough to sharpen. The other tool used was the crooked knife. Origanally made from a split beaver tooth. I've never seen one but that's what I heard. Frint scrapers and burins were probably used to drill the holes in the wood. White cedar is quite soft and was worked green so sharpened hardwood pegs would penetrate without a clean hole going allt he way through.
Just awesome
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beau video, très bien expliqué
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Man what an amazing old world tech. And it is beautiful in all aspects, the process, the knowledge, the end product. How do you take care of it? That´s a true piece of Americana. I hope this knowledge is past on forever.
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This Grant man is amazing
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that was awesome !!!!
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Incredible work!
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