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)
June 4, 2023
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June 8, 2023 midnight
Hitswithastick lives, teaches traditional Bitterroot Salish ways
“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.