Medicine Bags with Mrs. Waters

Yesterday we had a chance to make our medicine bags that Mrs. Waters introduced to us last week.

We all received two pieces of hide that had been hole punched all the way around the outside.  Using a plastic needle and sinew, we stitched the two pieces of hide together.  We then put our initials on the inside and turned them inside out (or right side out since we stitched the inside).  

Later in the afternoon, Mrs. Waters returned for us to finish up our bag.  They now had new holes along the top.  We were given a piece of string made from hide to weave through the holes.  This allows us to close up our bags to keep the things we have inside safe.