Dece ro be y 6, 2007
Spilyay Tyrnoo, W ^rrn Springs, O regon
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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
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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.
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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-',
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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
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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
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