> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Jeremy Seifert > Reference:: https://emergencemagazine.org/film/gabe-frey/ > Date:: 2022-11-04 > Tags:: #USA > WeftLinks:: [[Environmental value of craft]] [[Spiritual value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft sustains a connection to ancestors and traditional lands]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > American Indigenous crafts hold important ecological knowledge. ### Highlights These films explore the decimation of Wabanaki black ash trees which have been for centuries at the heart of the weaving practices of two tribes in North America. Richard Silliboy an elder from the Arastook band of the Mi’ Kmaqs explains the spiritual value of weaving black ash baskets to his people, and adds that his community are now collecting their seeds hoping to plant the trees and restore their abundance to the area. Gabriel Frey a Pasquamoddy black ash basketmaker contemplates the cultural practices his community have attended to because of the black ash trees and what the trees’ decline means for their practice and knowledge.