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"Let's set up the radio first," said Etseh, "Then we can get the tents ready and
have something to eat. We can tell stories after that." Etseh and Nora strung
the long antenna for the radio between two trees as the rest of the group put
up the tents.
After a big meal of soup and bannock John lay by the fire with eyes closed. He
listened to his grandmother telling more stories of the old days.
"We made canoes in the springtime" explained Etsi. "We always helped each other.
A large family would make more than two canoes.
The men cut the wood and everyone helped get the spruce gum, spruce roots and
birch bark. The women sewed the bark pieces together with split spruce roots.
When we took bark from the tree we never cut the bark too deeply. That way the
tree would stay alive."
Etsi took her knife, made a cut on the trunk of a smooth birch tree and
slowly peeled away a small piece of bark. She made a few folds and in minutes
had a small birch bark cup in her hand. She looked at Nora. "Dzon Ts'ekoa.
This is for you."
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