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   Yukari 丼Peerless☑️ (yukari@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 11:09:57 JST Yukari 丼Peerless☑️

   Today I had the privilege of interviewing Lekwungen elder for a project. Such a lovely person. She told me when she was a child they'd heat/dry harvested clams on a stick, then when they are dry they'd thread cedar strings through the clams and pack them flat on a tin suitcase to preserve them. I love hearing stories like that. #indigenous

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     smellsofbikes (smellsofbikes@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 11:48:46 JST smellsofbikes

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     @Yukari I'm curious: did she provide any details on how they made strings from cedar? Stripping the bark lengthwise?

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     Yukari 丼Peerless☑️ (yukari@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 11:52:54 JST Yukari 丼Peerless☑️

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     @smellsofbikes she didn't explain but that's what I figured. She was wearing a cedar woven hat and she pointed at the hat when she was talking about the "thread". I forgot the name of the plant they used to skewer the clams but she said the hole left from those sticks were about the same size as the cedar strings/threads.

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     smellsofbikes (smellsofbikes@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 11:53:36 JST smellsofbikes

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     @Yukari That's really cool! The whole process is neat to read about.

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     Yukari 丼Peerless☑️ (yukari@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 11:54:37 JST Yukari 丼Peerless☑️

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     I also interviewed Victoria's former mayor who is Chinese Canadian and he shared his story growing up in Victoria's Chinese community. It's a historic docu-drama and the perk of the job is I get to listen to a lot of interesting stories.

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     Yukari 丼Peerless☑️ (yukari@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 11:59:03 JST Yukari 丼Peerless☑️

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     @smellsofbikes I agree! Fascinating stuff!