Kiishik Naakniiganke - Cedar Mat Making

This short film documents a community project of weaving cedar mats with Waganakising Odawak, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Cedar weaving is a centuries old tradition that has been disrupted in recent decades among many other traditions but here is one of the many contemporary revitalizations of these old ways. The narrator of this short film is trying to raise funds for a dedicated weaving studio intended to preserve and pass on these old traditions. Please visit her Kickstarter page,