Photos
Bastyr University- Northwest Herbs Class
Working on research projects as part of the Northwest Herbs class. Students select a project and gain skills, such as carving, basketry, cordage making, traditional foods and more.
Carving platters from alder and cedar.
Finished cedar bark basket, platter and medicine pouch.
Northwest Indian College
Traditional Plants Program
Harvesting camas at Chehalis Prairie
hosted by the Chehalis Tribe, followed by a traditional foods feast.
For many this was their first time harvesting camas bulbs.
Harvesting 'Swamp Tea'
in an ancient bog in the Cascades, as part of the Northwest Indian
College Mentorship Program
Acorn meal pudding
I made with helpers for the Northwest Indian College Traditional
Foods Harvest Celebration hosted by Lummi Tribe.
Native ceremonial tobacco
gathered and prepared for use in a Northwest Indian College
intertribal education program, hosted by the Snoqualmie Tribe.
Cedar bark pulling with the Snoqualmie Tribe on traditional
gathering grounds in the Cedar River Watershed for a special tribal
gathering expedition. Most participants had never harvested cedar
bark. This tree is now an 'artifact tree' and will be cared for in
that way.
Harvesting
rose hips as part of the Northwest Indian College Mentorship Program
Native Arts & Cultural Center Programs- 1994- Current
The
Haida House Studio- which I used for 4 years (1994-1998) as
artist-in-resident with Ralph Bennett, Haida carver and storyteller,
and husband of 7 years. This is where I began my first classes in
ethnobotany, basketry, woodcarving and more.
Back to the Land in the 70's
The 'Wilderness Summer Kitchen' where I lived for 3 years living
about 7 miles from a main road, in houses we made from redwood bark
and planks, cooking over open fires, getting water and bathing in
our dammed creek and eating food we grew, wild harvested or traded.
One of my first woodworking projects was the pantry shelves you can
see on the right made from peeled tan oak and redwood planks we
split by hand.
