A presentation about the history of sugar maple in North America. T

1. Sugar Maple Tree
Presented by: Jeri, Arjay, Saad

3. Maple tree territory in North America and Canada

5. Tree height of the sugar maple tree

6. Contents of the sugar maple tree that we can use

7. Bark
Sugar

8. Minerals that are provided
•Zinc
•Potassium
•Thiamine
•Calcium
•Iron
•Magnesium

9. Native Americans
and Maple

14. Economical History of Maple sugar

15. 8 cents / pound
8 cents / pound
11 cents / pound

16. $16-18 / year
half a month of hard labor.

17. US census of 1860
Vermont: ⅔ of families

18. 1819: 12% of us sugar production

20. References
1. Salmón, Enrique. “Maple.” IWIGARA: The Kinship of Plants and People, Timber Press Inc,
Portland, OR, 2020, pp. 124–127.
1. Keller, Robert H. “America’s Native Sweet: Chippewa Treaties and the Right to Harvest
Maple Sugar.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 117–35. JSTOR,
https://doi.org/10.2307/1184054. Accessed 18 Jan. 2023.
1. Whitney, G. G., & Upmeyer, M. M. (2004). Sweet trees, sour circumstances: The long search
for sustainability in the North American maple products industry. Forest ecology and
management, 200(1-3), 313-333.

21. Thanks for listening!