Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:30 — 51.7MB) | Embed
Hide tanning was a traditional practice long before mass produced leather. Many people still put in the many hours and years of skill required to tan hides by hand. We’ll get a look into the world of Native hide tanning and traditional techniques like brain and smoke tanning. We’ll also hear why Native tanners place such importance on traditional methods.
Guests:
Georgina Dan (From the Lil’wat Nation) – cultural administration coordinator at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre
Jon Greendeer (Ho-Chunk) – health and wellness coordinator for the Ho-Chunk Nation and a student of traditional language and lifeways of the Ho-Chunk people
Richard Giago (Oglala Lakota) – traditional Lakota art teacher at The Pine Ridge Girls’ School\
Break 1 music: A Simple Man (song) Burning Sky (artist) A Simple Man (album)
Break 2 music: Drum Time (song) Cree Confederation (artist) Horse Dance – Mistamim Simoowin (album)
