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2022 Zisbakwtokan – Sugar Camp By Nicole Holloway
This year without being able to accept volunteers while following the COVID-19 safety procedures, the Center of History and Culture tapped 15 maple trees with the assistance of Zagbëgon Early Learning and Development Academy students and staff. Our goal this year wasn’t to get the most syrup and sugar for the community as it has been in past years, but this year the goal was to spark the interest of our community’s little ones by getting them involved in each step of the process. We also made tree tapping kits available to Pokagon Citizens to sign out for the season and shared instructional videos documenting each step of the syrup making process on the Pokagon Band website. We had a total of 4 tribal families sign out tapping kits this year. It usually takes anywhere from 45 to 65 gallons of sap to make a gallon of finished syrup. This season the penothésêk (children) collected about 105 gallons of sap from the trees that were tapped at Rodgers Lake campground. We have bottled about 60 oz of finished syrup and counting. We also made maple sugar and maple candy. Zagbëgon will be feasting on the syrup at the end of the season to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Please turn to page 6
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