Our Lives in Our Hands Author:Bunny McBride For the past 200 years, the Micmac Indians of Maine, the Canadian Maritimes, Quebec, and Newfoundland have relied on the income from basket sales to supplement their earnings from seasonal occupations such as digging potatoes and raking blueberries. Traditionally the baskets were made out of economic necessity, but more recently the Micmacs have... more » come to appreciate the beauty, durability, and utility of their baskets and, with a resurgence of pride, are taking steps to preserve the art for their posterity - and ours. A fascinating overview of this Native American craft!« less