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>Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 21:26:52 -0600
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernard & Feather Rock)
>Subject: a story of subsistence
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>Source: Cass Lake Times 12/10/1998
>By Robby Robinson
>
>Nature made survival possible
>
>At 88-years of age, Josie (Josephine) Ryan says she no longer does the
>exact and patient craft of beading, even though she was found at the Ojibwe
>Holiday Craft Show last week behind a table covered in bead, leather and
>birch bark crafts.
> No, these days Ryan, of Bena, is satisfied to teach the skills that
>have helped support her and her family a half century and to find ways to
>market the work that they do.
> Ryan is a regular at craft shows around the area. She has found
>avenues to market her and other people's craft items around the country and
>she still teaches a course at Split Rock and a college course in Ojibwe
>arts at Bemidji State University.
> "I've been teaching this art class at the college for 25 years,"
>she noted, "but it is a little hard to get there now since I no longer
>drive."
> Ryan said that her career in beadwork and crafts was as much or
>more spurred by the need to make an income as her love of crafts.
>Thirtysome years ago her husband, Alan Ryan, died and left her with two
>little boys, ages six and siven.
> "We didn't have any AFDC back then," she recalled. "If I wanted
>something for these children I had to work for it."
> And work she did. The woods, lakes and her own hard work were the
>keys to her success.
> During the winter monthes she said she collected birchbark and
>worked on her crafts, which she would sell wherever she could.
> In the spring there were trees to tap and maple sugar and syrup to
>make; in the summer it was berry picking time -- blueberries, raspberries,
>strawberries-- and wild ricing; and in the fall whitefish, which were
>caught and smoked.
> In winter wreathes for the holiday, more craft or anything else she
>could market to make a living. Her two boys, Jim and Roy, are now in their
>forties and Josie speaks with pride about them and her grandchildren.
> Although she cannot see well enough to do the intricate crafts she
>knows so well, she takes some pride in teaching others whatever she can.
>Her hands have supported her these many years and now others are, with her
>coaching and marketing, of course.
> "Nobody needs to be poor if they just work," she concluded.
>
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