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Dece ro be y 6, 2007 Spilyay Tyrnoo, W ^rrn Springs, O regon Page 7 Hide tanning: importance of preserving traditional practices a hide varies, Williams said. For Williams, that displays (Continued from page 1) “For me it takes two to three exactly how important tradition Even Williams is beginning to days,”, she explained. “For the ally tanned hides are. have difficulty working with students it. took almost, two “My elders come first,” she hides due to arthritis. weeks to three weeks.” said. For that reason, Kalama said, “It can’t ’be done just right For anyone wishing to . learn instructing the, class was espe away,” Kalama added. about hide tanning, Williams in cially trying on .his sister. Learning about hide tanning vites them to find het-oti stop “On her it was a lot of is .especially important for pre by, her home, as she?s.more than / strain—strenuous work for her serving traditional practices, willing to teach more. I body,” he explained. Williams said. Eventually the museum may But Williams disagreed. “I The hides are often used for host another class, she added. didn’t have to do anything, they beadwork or moccasins, shoe In Williams’ opinion, one did all the work/’ she said. said, and now people are start thing about hide tanning is most The class met in an area next ing to use factory tanned hides important: “Just that it be car to the museum in order to learn instead of the traditionally ried on and not fee lost/’ she said. from Williams. tanned hides. “After we scraped the hides, But in Williams’ opinion,, then we went to my mother’s that’s not how it should be. shed in upper dry creek,” she fyPcu'tn (¡r ip ’n S/A cm k “The elders of our commu explained. “I showed them how ¿ u p J b a rU n g fA e o u ó in e ó á e á , nity are always asking for them,” the shed was built. There’s a lot Leslie Mitts/Spilyay iep in tAe gitjbiluau 3 /tgm vo. she said. of work into it” Christine John#1. Evaline Patt, Dora Goudy-Smith and Rosalind Sampson (left to right) _ _3 First comes scraping the hide, display their fi/hed hides. Johnson is still working to frame a hide. Williams said, and then the hide is soaked and water is wrung out. putting him to work too, so he Toys-Tools-Housewares-Clothing-Crafts-Gifts- The hide is then framed. Participants had to “discover In W Ulfos* opinion, learned.” one th é ßbout hide “The history goes back a muscles they didn’t know they had” Kalama said with a chuckle. ta n n in i m ost impor long way,” Kalama added. “My grandma used to do hers out “My mom used to call it a tant:tu s t th at it be side and have it spread on the good workout,” Williams added. Though Williams' had taught c a rri on and not be ground.’? ;> Williams and Kalama origi people about hide tanning be I lo st.” I nally learned when they were in fore, the way she learned was their early twenties. much different. Open However, Williams said, “She! “When my mother taught Monday-Sat me, it was more like she just took said jkdung 15 people proved taught me once, but I didn’t lis-', 9 t0 0 -6 :0 0 me out to the shed and told me to l/ightly challenging at first. ten the* first time and I had to; jfoughout the years Will- go back arid ask her again.” what to do,” Williams said. She has memories of her? If she had questions, her ia/has strived to pass on the mother would give her addi sJl teaching her own children family as they tanned hides on a ranch by the Deschutes River. tional instructions. “I was left #ell. “Just pieces of it, I remem in the shed just learning what /Even her husband learned 7 1 7 S .W . 5 t h S t. M a d r a s O r . she’s telling me,” Williams ex /o u t hide tanning, Williams ber,” Williams said. “We had a md. At first he just went into clothesline and it would be just* plained. Because she learned in such /he shed to start a fire, , she ex- covered with hides.” an independent way, Williams/plained, “Then my mom started The time it takes to prepare ; N /V m m y y -, m m V Your Bargain Connection PLUSH Bl Native radi/station seeks Christian music Native singers / d songwriters are invited tqSb- mit theft music to Jew s Christian Native radio Jtion in Arizona. The Jesus Broad/sting Network is the first eft net work to feature ocd/yhris- tian Native singis and songwriters, y Roger Martin folded In dian Christian Fejpyshijp, Inc., along with his «e Chris tine. Now they’vistarted a fradio Station as art of the Jesus Broadcastinfejetwork. 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