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Making Moccasins
Women made the moccasins and passed on their knowledge and skills from one generation to another. Moose hide would be be scraped and then smoked to soften, colour and waterproof it. Traditional tools were used to scrape and cut the skins effectively.
“I remember Grandma - when she was teaching me how to sew, she always said: ‘Now when you sew, you just do the best job you can, even if it’s in a place where it’s not going to be visible from the outside. If you sew something for somebody and it goes to another village, the people there are going to turn it inside out and look to see how well it’s done.”
Eliza Jones, Koykon from Nelson
Subarctic peoples hunted caribou and woodlands groups hunted deer and moose for food, skins and sinew. They used porcupine quills to sew designs on their garments, bags, and footwear.
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