I sent a friend some tanned fishskin, and she sent me back this beautiful pine needle basket with a fish leather bottom! #fishskin #fishleather #fishskintanning

Trump rages at 'disrespectful' Zelenskey..... Americans, you need to stand up and be heard. You need to take action. Those who go along with this, silently, are complicit.

Too many lines crossed today - Russia media in the room, coercion instead of support.... ugly!

#Complicit #TakedownTrump

Fish leather vase

Been busy creating, forgetting to share photos! This is a fish skin vase. Tea tanned ling cod with a oak gall tanned patch, centre is a fish bone with beadwork. Second photo is the front, with a row of fish bone beads. #fishskin #fishleather #fishart

So awesome to see iNaturalist on Bluesky!!

Salmon skin preserved with bear grease

Brooch made from deer rib bone and deer fur tufts

Culture, sustainability, using all of the resources we harvest. Tanning fish skins, making beads from fish bones, art from deer ribs and fur.

So beautiful....and big! Please share photos of what you use them for!

Deer scapula bone, whitened, decorated with ribbon, costume jewellry, a deer with deer fur tuft and a sunflower.

A whitened deer scapula with a fabric moose, ribbon, and beads. Moose scapulas are too big!

Forecast is for frigid temperatures AND snow, an unusual combination for this region.

Countdown to 2025's first craft-cation, going to be the first in our tiny home.

Last year's deer scapula art for inspiration. Sunflower centre is a piece of antler with deer fur tufting.

Grapes and strawberries on wooden skewers - Chinese candied fruit

It is a professional development day at my grandddaughter's school today, so hanging out doing fun kitchen science stuff. Made tanghulu (Chinese candied fruit)

Just told my partner today is their day to celebrate me..... so they are going to pack my stepstool for me today.

Excited about your book! Is Indian meal cornmeal?

#FortGeorge BC and #FortStJames are my areas of interest, please share more!

Stuck In The Smoke Hole Of Our Tipi: Shoshone Christmas Song - Elder Oldhands YouTube video by Jaguar Bird

If this fun and funny Christmas jingle doesn't get you in the Christmas mood nothing will!

Warning - you will be humming the tune for the rest of the day.
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#Indigenous #Christmas #Indigisky

My Dakelh (Indigenous Canadian) husband and I will use it when working with our community to reconnect people to the land, plants, medicines, and culture.

Leathery on one side, the scales are off on the other, and the scale pockets leave a nice pattern

Pulled lengthwise (tail to head or vice versa) very strong. This is due to the fibres running in all directions due to the pressure fish face in the water.

Pulling from the belly to back or back to belly is easier to tear.

The leather is good for phone cases, bags, quilting or sewing, earrings

Tanned salmon skin and salmon spine bead ornament

Tanned salmon skin

One photo is of a salmon we tanned, the other is tanned salmon with salmon and bought beads. Not happy with the result, but will keep practicing.

#salmon #Dakelh

Salmon spine bones being prepped for making beads

Tanned salmon skin, fish leather

Striving to use as much of the animals we harvest as possible, working on this year's salmon. We save the bones for bead making, and some of the skins for tanning.

Fish leather is strong! Learning Dakelh traditions with my spouse.

#nature #sustainability #Indigenous #Dakelh

Interesting insect day..... Did you know that fruit flies don't like morphine - they are partial to cocaine? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

And that supporting dung beetle colonization of cow patties could save Canadian ranchers millions? publications.gc.ca/collections/...

#science #insects

Extremely interesting document, who knew the money colonization of cow patties could save Canada!!

Traditionally, Indigenous people ate (and preserved for later use) things like Cottonwood buds, which are loaded with vitamin C.

This scurvy outbreak is another symptom of colonization and the loss of traditional practices and Indigenous knowledge.

Thanks - I will check it out! Excited to see Candy Cane Lane too!

Learning Bluesky... left X for good. Just settled in a new home, in a new community, and looking forward to getting back to regular life.... but can't remember what that is! Tell me something exciting you've learned or done recently and get me started with something new!

Add me plz, new to Pr5George!