For Ojibwe, sugarbush time brings tasty food, life lessons
MARY ANNETTE PEMBER, Indian Country Today
May 5, 2021
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1of5The Maday family boils maple sap into syrup on March 19, 2021, in their front yard on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation in Wisconsin. As with most Ojibwe traditional ways, tapping trees in the early spring and gathering sap for syrup and sugar cakes not only provides tasty food but offers lessons for life. (Mary Annette Pember/Indian Country Today via AP)Mary Annette Pember/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Nate Ante, a member of the Maskiiziibii Youth Services team carries maple sap out of the forest on March 20, 2021, on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation in Wisconsin. As with most Ojibwe traditional ways, tapping trees in the early spring and gathering sap for syrup and sugar cakes not only provides tasty food but offers lessons for life. (Mary Annette Pember/Indian Country Today via AP)Ma