Dianne’s Quill Boxes

This activity begins with Indigenous knowledge of making Mi’kmaw quill boxes. Baskets have been made from porcupine quills in North American Indigenous communities for thousands of years. To make a basket, Mi’kmaw elder Dianne Toney knew that the relationship between the ring (circumference) and the distance across the circle top (diameter) was equivalent to three … Continue reading Dianne’s Quill Boxes