fleshing – Benjamin Ironstand

Culture Camp

The purpose of the camp was for students to learn Indigenous content in Indigenous ways

This post shows the process from hunting, to skinning, to stretching, and fleshing the hide to make raw-hide. Click on the images to read the description. Bellow is a video of part of the process as well as photos with descriptions in the captions. Once the animal is killed, tobacco is offered and a prayer …

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Noondamikwe – Beaver hunting

Amik – The Beaver: Amik is one of the wisest animals and appears in our creation stories. It used to be one of our primary food sources before colonization and also is a source of traditional medicine. During the fur trade, amik was one of the main resources sought after by the European fur traders …

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