Hitswithastick lives, teaches traditional Bitterroot Salish ways
Native traditionalist, teacher, and artist Buck Hitswithastick weights his spear so it will fly straight and true. He made the elk skin shirt he's wearing. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
At the premiere of the movie "The Art of Primitive Survival: Native American Tools and Techniques," Buck Hitswithastick, who stars in the movie, gives information on flute making. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
When all of these items -- weapons, quiver, bow and arrows, shield, and on the bottom kitchen tools -- are in view, Buck Hitswithastick is in his tipi. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
Native traditionalist Buck Hitswithastick chose and shaped the stone with other stones, scraped and cut the rawhide, and picked just the right handle for this axe. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
“The Art of Primitive Survival: Native American Tools and Techniques,” a movie made by Buck and Rose Hitswithastick of Arlee with support from the Montana Council of the Arts, debuted at the Johnny Arlee/Vic Charlo Theater on the Salish Kootenai College campus on April 25. The movie stresses keeping tradition, self sufficiency, living with nature, and Native arts and tradition....
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