Learning how to tan a deer hide is a rite of passage, cementing blood ties to our hunting forebearers who depended upon skins for warmth and who respected slain animals by never letting any part go to ...

You’re not a fur trader, so many of the terms—hide, skin, fur, pelt, and buckskin—used to describe the outer coat of wild game animals may seem interchangeable. (And frankly, a lot of them are.) But ...

From a homesteader who raises rabbits for both meat and leather, here are the basics of how to tan a rabbit hide. You probably know that tanning (which is also called tawing or pickling) is the ...

We started raising meat rabbits on our small acre homestead, and wanted to honor the animals that feed us by using as much of the rabbit as possible. The innards are buried, and turned to compost. The ...

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike are welcome to take part in the tanning of an elk hide, as part of a workshop dedicated to sharing knowledge with participants through hands-on participation ...

Older generations of Alaska Athabascan (Dene) peoples tanned moose hides using time-tested methods to make strong, supple leather for sewing beaded or quill-embroidered tunics, jackets, mittens, bags ...

Appraisal: 19th C. Lakota Hide Tanning Kit, from Rapid City Hour 1. Check out Douglas Deihl's appraisal of a 19th C. Lakota hide tanning kit, in Rapid City Hour 1.

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Blackfoot elder, Inuvialuit facilitator team up to offer programs across Alberta. Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike are welcome to take part in the tanning of an elk hide, as part of a ...