DoomsdaysCW<p>I've done this. And yeah, it's not for the faint of heart!</p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@thenarwhal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thenarwhal</span></a></span> </p><p>Finding myself in blood, flesh, veins and bug bites — life at a hide camp for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TwoSpirit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwoSpirit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousYouth</span></a></p><p>By Kierstin Williams</p><p>Kierstin reported and photographed this story at Niizh Manidook Hide Camp over six days in May 2024</p><p>June 27, 2025 </p><p>"It’s my first time tanning my own deer hide. At <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NiizhManidook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NiizhManidook</span></a> Hide Camp, I’ve learned to slow down, listen and be in relation while immersed in brains and skin..."</p><p><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/two-spirit-indigenous-hide-camp/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenarwhal.ca/two-spirit-indig</span><span class="invisible">enous-hide-camp/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TwoSpirits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwoSpirits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrainTanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainTanning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousTraditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousTraditions</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TEK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeingInNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeingInNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureImmersion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureImmersion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GBLTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GBLTQ</span></a></p>