Skimming the Fat and Removing the Hair
5:05 min. - We use the bone from the animal's hind leg to make a tool that is used to remove the hair, once the fat has been skimmed off.
Transcription
Narrator - While Pelashe skims the fat off the hide, Antoine uses a bone from the animal's hind leg to make a tool for scraping off the hair, once the fat has all been removed.
Pelashe Mark - Removing all the meat and fat gives the hide more flexibility. We wash and preserve the membrane.
The entire caribou is used, nothing is wasted, not even the membrane. We hang the meat up to dry. And to preserve it for a long time, we wrap it in the membrane before placing it in the cache. It might come in handy during winter portages. When we've finished, we make some tea and cook the membrane on a stick near the fire.
Narrator - Once the tool for scraping the hair is finished, we "nourish" it with meat before using it for the first time. It will then have the capacity to cut well.
Skimming the fat off a caribou hide is a very time-consuming activity, involving repetitive tasks. That's why we tend to carry out this activity with as many people as possible.
Pelashe Mark - We dampen the hide with hot water to warm it before scraping off the hair. You have to remove the little black layer on the hide before it hardens.
Marie-Josette Bellefleur - After we've removed the hair, we wash the hide and let it soak overnight. That gets rid of blood stains, and the hide turns white.
Music - Rodrigue Fontaine, Bill St-Onge, Luc Bacon
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Skimming the Fat and Removing the Hair
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- akutshimakanu mishtikuai
- they soak the hide
- katshepushtauakanu mishtikuai
- we sew the hide to plug up the holes
- mamakupetshineu utipaput
- mix and knead the hide in the brain mixture to saturate it with the oil
- mataikan
- scraper
- matauakanu
- they scrape hides
- mautakanua ashinia
- to gather stones
- minuetshineu mishtikuaia
- she folds the caribou hide
- mishkutui
- drum hoop
- mitshitatshenanu
- they scrape the hide
- mitshitatshikan
- scraper
- nakashkuauakanu mishtikuai
- they keep the hide in the wind
- pakutshimakanu
- we let the hide dry
- pashkuaitshenanu
- they scrape a hide to remove the hair
- pashkutshikan
- they make a scraper to remove hair from the hide
- pashkutshikan tshikauanu
- he makes a scraper
- pashkutshitaku
- dry, rotten tree stump
- pimikatakanu utipapui
- they add a little oil to the liquid brain mix
- pitshissinikanu pashkutshitaku
- crumble the stump so it dries faster
- shash tshishi-uishkushauenanu
- the smoking is finished
- shikapashkutakanu
- they hang up the hide remove excess water
- shinipatashkueitshenanu
- they use a tool to wring it
- shitshipitasheu
- he stretches the beaver hide
- tshipuapitakanu mishtikuai
- they tie up the hide to keep it closed
- tshishtikatshenanu
- they use stakes to stretch the skin so it will dry
- tshishtishkatshikan
- stake to keep the hide stretched and off the ground
- uashkapeshuakanu mishtikuai
- we trim the edges of the hide
- uashkashapenanu
- cut rawhide sinew strips
- uashtekanapissamu ashinia
- heat the stones till they’re red
- unikutakanu mishtikuai
- we hang the hide to smoke it
- utamishkai
- membrane
- utipapui
- caribou brain mixed with a bit of water
1 Comment
WOW WOW WOW !!!
Enfin du vrai ! De la vraie culture indienne avec des vraies outils et un savoir faire transmit. Enfin ça existe encore !!
Merci à ces gens qui l'on partagé, a celui qui a filmé et qui nous donne l'opportunité de savoir !
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