Fish Nets

Season 5 • Episode 2

Chickasaw Culture Keepers

Nets were used by Lori White Buffalo's ancestors to catch fish and make bags. Today, the Chickasaw cultural demonstrator uses the same ancient techniques to handcraft fish nets, preserving their traditions. "Without our ancestors, keeping these crafts going, keeping our history alive, we wouldn't be where we are today," she says. As Lori demonstrates the step-by-step process of making traditional fish nets, she also explains why it's important to teach future generations about their history and culture. She says that when it's our time to step down, we need them to step up and take care of the Chickasaw Nation. "I feel very proud that I was able to learn something of my past, something of my history and culture that my ancestors did," Lori says. "And when I see my daughters out there and I'm able to start teaching them to be able to do some of these crafts, I know it makes my family proud, and it makes me proud."

EPISODES

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Fish Nets

EPISODES

Pottery

Stickball Sticks

Beading

Regalia

Metalsmithing

Shell Carving

Weaving

Horticulture

Baskets

Traditional Foods

Quilting

Flutes

Beaded Collars

Drum Making

Storytelling

Bow Making

Brent Greenwood Art

Beaded Jewelry

Flint Knapping

Stomp Dancing

Beadwork

Turkey Calls

Traditional Stories: How Day and Night Were Divided

Woodturning

Bead Artisan

Textile Art

Quilt Making

Jewelry

The Legacy of Bow Making

Bead Artistry

Painting

Woven Mats

Metalworking

Photography

Pashofa

Deer Toe Shakers

Stickball Sticks

Shell Carving

Medicine Bags

Natural Dyes

Twinning

Bladesmithing

Fish Nets

Porcupine Quillwork

Pottery Burnishing

Shell Carving

Duck Decoys

Traditional Arrows

Fine Gourd Art

Traditional Flutes

Turtle Pottery

Turtle Shell Shakers

Pucker Toe Moccasins

Chunkey

Tattoos and War Paint

Leggings and Breechcloths

Hide Brain Tanning

River Cane Harvesting, Splitting and Peeling

Stories of Kullihoma

History of Beads