Videos: 2025 Annual Meeting

What’s going on in the Museum yard?  You may have stopped by to see the canoe projects underway this summer. There are two: the building of a new birchbark canoe using traditional Anishinaabe techniques and the restoring of a 16-foot-long 1905 birchbark canoe.

View the videos for the annual meeting reports, and to hear the full story of why and how the canoes are under construction. The featured speaker is Kevin Finney, co-founder and director of the Great Lakes Lifeways Institute, sponsor of the Canoe Journeys workshops. The last video features Red Cliff elder Marvin DeFoe, who is building the new birchbark canoe.

Annual Meeting Reports

Kevin Finney’s Talk

Kevin Finney Talks About the 120 Year Old Canoe

Red Cliff Elder Marvin DeFoe Talks About the Birchbark Canoe He Is Building

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