MANIFESTO
Restoring the value of traditionally tanned hides through knowledge sharing
Remembering, Restory-ing, Reclaiming Indigenous wisdom
Hide tanning returns purpose and value to deer and moose hides in our homelands
The future of hide tanning relies on protecting the waters and lands of the Great Lakes
Honouring animal spirits and ancestors who live here
Our camp pushes back against ongoing Two Spirit erasure
Hide tanning is honourable harvest
Hide tanning is Ceremony
Hide tanning decolonizes our hunting ways
Two-spirit, Non Binary, Trans, Gender-non-conforming community members have been carriers of hide tanning throughout decolonial notions of time and space
The Gender Binary is an imposed colonial set of rules
Two Spirit, Trans, Non Binary genders are traditional
Hunting is not only a "traditional men's role", whereas Hide Tanning is not only a "traditional women's role"
Hide tanning is gender fluid
Hide tanning happens in the bush, in your backyard, on the land, in rural and urban settings, remote places, public spaces, on NDN lands
Hide tanning is an act of love for the past, present, future