Sugarbush refers to collecting sap from Maple trees and boiling it down into syrup or sugar. Anishinaabeg // Anishinaabe people have been sugaring for thousands of years. American Indian and Indigenous Studies uses a variety of methods and tools to gather maple sugar, including open fires, electric stoves, galvanized buckets, birch buckets, and beyond.
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