THE PLAINS –– At the end of the cul-de-sac sits Talcon Quinn's canary yellow ranch, a home that her grandparents built decades ago. It's quiet and unassuming, and thankfully she has known the ...
Wesley Dick can skin a deer in seven minutes. He makes three cuts with a buck knife, in a T-shape across the belly and uses his hands to scrape out the innards. Dick, whose Paiute name Kwassuba-tue ...
A group of students look on attentively as Tsuut'ina elder Larry Mistaken Chief cuts holes into the edges of a fresh deer hide. They're at One Spot Crossing near Bragg Creek, Alta., taking part in a ...
Moosehide tanning is one of the fundamental practices of Yukon Indigenous people. They've been doing it for thousands of years, and passing the skills down from generation to generation. It's an ...
Mavis “Jo” Orchard of Ten Sleep creates authentic Wyoming artistic masterpieces from buckskin and makes hand-appliquéd quilts ...
Blackfoot elder, Inuvialuit facilitator team up to offer programs across Alberta. Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike are welcome to take part in the tanning of an elk hide, as part of a ...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - For 50 years, the Native Art Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been uniting artists from across the state with one simple goal: to expand and preserve the genre ...
Hide tanning is a lengthy and physical process. Margaret Douville says there are ‘no shortcuts’ to hide tanning, it takes one full winter. (Sissi De Flaviis/CBC) Moosehide tanning is one of the ...