Tanning elk hide is a step toward truth and reconciliation for these Indigenous educators

Kelly Gordon and Elder Larry Mistaken Chief have been leading hide tanning workshops together for the last five years, with ...
BBC

Brain tanning and the alchemy of road kill

Author and "earth skills" expert Claire Dunn explains why she scooped a kangaroo carcass off the road for the sake of fashion. On the Australia Day long weekend, I did something more traditionally ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Hobbs To Host Free Program

ROGERS — Mike Goff, a local aficionado of Native American traditions, will speak at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area at 2 p.m. Saturday. Goff will discuss how feathers were used in recording war ...
The Montana Standard

Ancient Skills Summer Camp: Flint and steel, hide tanning, crawdads for dinner

Campers carefully turned over river rocks in a quest to add crustaceans to the night’s dinner menu. The girls recommended storing captive crawdads in a Nalgene water bottle. The boys built a crawdad ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Traditions Topic Of Hobbs Program

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Mike Goff, an aficionado of Native American traditions, will speak at Hobbs State Park–Conservation Area at 2 p.m. Saturday. Goff will explain primitive hide tanning, why specific ...
Springfield News-Leader

Learn primitive skills, ways of the pioneers at Hulston Mill gathering

Starting a fire with sticks probably was blasé for people living 100,000 years ago and more, but it can feel like a spectacular breakthrough for people who master the timeless skill today. "You wouldn ...
BBC

Brain tanning and the alchemy of road kill

A kangaroo skin is cleaned on a fleshing beam as part of the brain tanning process Author and "earth skills" expert Claire Dunn explains why she scooped a kangaroo carcass off the road for the sake of ...