Salmon Skin: June Pardue Reinvents and Reclaims an Important Alutiiq Tradition

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One of June Pardue's tanned salmon skins, ready for softening.
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Interns at the Alaska Native Heritage Center watch Ms. Pardue as they complete their slippers. Isabella Badwarrior pictured wearing blue lanyard.
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Pardue sews a tanned salmon skin vamp onto bison hide with sea otter fur lying beneath.
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A finished pair of mukluks made by June Pardue using her own tanned salmon skin.
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June Pardue with salmon skins during a workshop. Photo courtesy of June Pardue.