NWT Arts

Julia Pokiak - Trennert

Region:

South Slave

Community:

Hay River

While attending the Immaculate Conception Indian School in Aklavik, I learned the basics of moosehair tufting from Sister Beatrice Leduc. After my marriage, I left the delta region and moved to Fort Simpson, NT where I began to notice beautiful tuftings by a renowned tufter known as Grandma...

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Mary Louise Drygeese

Region:

North Slave

I do traditional sewing of all kinds. My mom taught me how to sew when I was 8 or 9 years old. I tried but it was too hard for me sometimes. She said it isn’t hard after a while. So I started by sewing baby moccasins and then did bigger and bigger ones. If it was wrong I had to redo it and oh,...

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