Weaving Knowledge, Sewing Native Traditions
Master Weaver Lily Hope (Tlingit) and Activist Amber Webb (Yup’ik) held workshops for the community on weaving and sewing salmon skin protection pouches
Attendees got to learn from Master Weaver Lily Hope (Tlingit) how to create some Chilkat woven tassels.
Practicing on a Loom (2023-05-18) by Robert FranklinNative Arts and Cultures Foundation - Center for Native Arts and Cultures
Weaving using a loom
Natives of the American Southwest were the first group to develop a loom, or weaving device, for weaving cloth. In 1200 c.e., well before the arrival of the first Europeans, Indigenous peoples in the Southwest grew cotton and wove it into cloth.
Beading salmon skin (2023-05-19) by Mandy YeahpauNative Arts and Cultures Foundation - Center for Native Arts and Cultures
Salmon skin protection pouches
Activist Amber Webb (Yup’ik) shared supplies, instruction and storytelling about protection pouches, in a very uplifting craft-making gathering.
Salmon Skin Protection Pouch Workshop led by Amber Webb (Yupik) Here Amber speaks about how she was mindful of her intentions when creating the 12-foot tall Memorial Qaspeq featuring the faces of Indigenous women who have gone missing from Alaska and Canada in the last few decades.
Attendees were provided with dyed and dried salmon skin along with beads and sewing materials to create their own protection pouch in which they can keep stones like tourmaline or other medicines.
Indigenous attendees (2023-05-19) by Mandy YeahpauNative Arts and Cultures Foundation - Center for Native Arts and Cultures
Crafting together
It's incredibly healing to work on a project together, telling stories and exchanging ideas.
Protection Pouch workshop (2023-05-19) by Mandy YeahpauNative Arts and Cultures Foundation - Center for Native Arts and Cultures
All ages fun
Kids, adults and elders all work on their salmon skin pouches.
Sewing beads on salmon skin (2023-05-19) by Mandy YeahpauNative Arts and Cultures Foundation - Center for Native Arts and Cultures
Dried and dyed salmon skin
An attendee uses dried salmon skin dyed purple for her own protection pouch which will hold her medicine to keep her safe.
