Photo: CamBay elders discuss their work

Cambridge Bay elders Lena Kamoayok, Mary Kaniak, Mary Kilaodluk, Annie Atighioyak and Anna Nahogaloak sit down Oct. 3 to discuss the fish skins they cleaned and then crafted into traditional tool pouches this past summer. It’s not easy to peel the fish skin off in one piece, they say. While in storage, the skins and pouches have become stiffer and less flexible than they should be. Elders, aged 64 to 82, work at the Kitikmeot Heritage Centre three days a week teaching other women and school groups with sewing skills and creating items, such as these pouches, for the heritage society’s displays. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)