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The sap runs deep for Quebec’s Indigenous communities using maple syrup | Canada Voices – Canadian Reviews

by ahnationtalk on April 3, 202469 Views

April 3, 2024

On a snowy mid-March morning, I was invited into the Haudenosaunee Mohawk Trail Longhouse in Kahnawake in Quebec. A stove-warmed space of wood panelling and cushioned benches, it’s a special place where stories are told, decisions are made and traditions are passed down.

“Our people always knew that the maple sap was needed in the spring to bring our strength back,” says Niioieren Eileen Patton, an elder, and natural storyteller, in the same way a beloved schoolteacher can captivate an eager classroom. “It’s nature’s perfect food. They learned it from the squirrels who they saw drinking the sap and running around …”

Suddenly hit with a dry throat, Patton’s voice goes hoarse. She grabs a glass of tap water, stirs in a healthy glug of syrup from the community’s own maple stand, and takes a deep sip. “It soothes,” she says, her voice once again clear and bright.

Maple syrup holds profound significance for Indigenous people in Quebec. Communities, including the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), Anishinaabe (Algonquin) and nine other Indigenous nations, have been harvesting maple sap from trees and transforming it into golden syrup for centuries.

Read More: https://canadian-reviews.ca/the-sap-runs-deep-for-quebecs-indigenous-communities-using-maple-syrup-canada-voices/

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