Young girls learn how to make Kamiks
By Nancy Palliser, LCC coordinator
The Local Cultural Committees are aimed at keeping our culture and language alive and visible for everyone to see. In spring 2007, young girls in Tasiujaq learned how to make kamiks (sealskin boots).
Participants of the workshop in Tasiujaq (Photo by Marv Cain)
Participants of the workshop and the kids who received the Kamiks (Photo by Marv Cain)
Mary Cain and Annie Kaukai from Piqalujait Cultural Committee of Tasiujaq, taught young girls ages 11-14 how to make kamiks, since youth are our future and should know how to make them. Funding from Avataq Cultural Institute and Brighter Futures Program made this project possible.
During the workshop, these young girls just did not only sew, they learned to clean and scrape the skins as well.
One girl who was a fast sewer, managed to make two kamiks!
The young girls were eager to make kamiks again, so this fall they will have another course. This time, the kamiks they make will be for themselves – the kamiks from this spring were given to their little brothers or sisters.
