Treatment of a beaver hide
![An Anicinabe woman sitting on the ground is stretching a beaver skin on a wooden support in the shape of a circle with the help of rope. Behind her, we see a bed. Picture in color.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/ka-odjimadjisek-la-ou-ca-commence_where-it-begins/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/2022/04/Page9_Image4-scaled.jpg)
Photo credits: Manianne Papatie
Agnes Papatie in front of a stretched beaver pelt. In Lac Simon, the women are the ones who stretch the beaver pelts to dry them, a job reserved for men in other Anicinabek communities.
Photo credits: Manianne Papatie
Agnes Papatie in front of a stretched beaver pelt. In Lac Simon, the women are the ones who stretch the beaver pelts to dry them, a job reserved for men in other Anicinabek communities.