Valliere attaching a piece of canvas to the end of the traditional Ojibwe canoe he is constructing inside an academic building at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Photos: Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS
Wayne Valliere picks up a long, thin spruce root – lovingly soaked, stretched and whittled into ribbon-like smoothness.
Normally, he would be using the root to sew a traditional Ojibwe canoe, but, for the moment, he is making a point: The root is actually quite fragile. With a few tugs, he snaps it into pieces.
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