Traditions of the Trading Post - Hides to Moccasins
- North West Company Fur Post
12551 Voyageur Lane, PO Box 51, Pine City, MN - Phone: 320-629-6356
- nwcfurpost@mnhs.org
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Date(s):
Jun 8, 2013 - Jun 9, 2013 | More- Jun 8, 2013 - Jun 9, 2013
- Jun 15, 2013 - Jun 16, 2013
- Jun 22, 2013 - Jun 23, 2013
- Jun 29, 2013 - Jun 30, 2013
Costumed interpreters will demonstrate how hides are converted to leather and then to moccasins. Which were essential to voyageurs, clerks and the Ojibwe alike. Visitors will be able to see how Ojibwe crafters produced fine buckskin for clothing and footwear using a process called "brain-tanning." Visitors will also be able to scrape hair from deer hides, help stretch and soften the hides, and maybe even try their hand at sewing leather. 10:00 to 5:00 Saturday. Noon to 5:00 Sunday
