National Aboriginal Day 2016
Louie Screening
While the archaeologists worked hard at digging and screening dirt on Quadra Island last week,
Tansy Loafing
… Tansy loafed around on the bracken ferns.
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Beautiful!
After work, she took a closer look at Louie’s hat.
Up close
It is a pretty wonderful hat – Louie says it sheds water, is cool and is the first hat made by his wife!
June 21 is National Aboriginal Day in Canada. Tansy is proud to have worked with indigenous archaeologists on a project searching for signs of their earliest ancestors.
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Quimper Hittys 
Bet Tansy was of great help! That precious wooden is always willing to take on some new adventure! Positively an asset to any team!
Tansy always helps! Sometimes she directs, sometimes she admires, sometimes she supervises, and sometimes she encourages! All very helpful, and ready to rough it with the rest!
Oh, what a glorious experience…what a marvelous opportunity to be a part of this type of expedition. How great that the indigenous archaeologists have opportunity to look for their own past. Thank you!
P.S. FANTASTIC hat, isn’t it?
Tansy is indeed conscious of the honour – and the fun! The hat is Absolutely Fantastic!
Another unique and uplifting story. Tansy has a rich and wonderful life…something that all Hitty’s seen to have in common. I am so grateful that a sweet and precious Hitty came into my life and enriched it with the wonder and joy I had as a child and also for the wonderful Quimper Hitty humans and their little wooden beings. Sincerely from the bottom of my growing heart…Thank You.
You are so welcome! We are very glad that Tansy goes along on these trips, and comes back replete with tales! She and her favourite photographer are very generous with sharing their adventures!
What a glorious hat! The shaping is wonderful! I assume that it is cedar strips? Wow….
It is glorious and it is all made of red cedar strips except the chin strap which is an old silva compass lanyard!
Oh, the things we are privileged to learn guided by the Quimper Hittys! I am looking forward to hearing about the knowledge gained through this expedition. Perhaps we’ll learn more about that fabulous hat!
The archaeology has stopped for the time being, while they await radiocarbon dates and other analyses…I think the fabulous hat is pretty amazing, but I don’t know anything more about it. I took a cedar hat-weaving workshop a few years ago – see http://wp.me/p1VTqd-IF
Louie’s hat is same shape as the hat Merle (Native Alaskan in Ketchikan) was wearing. Her’s was woven yellow cedar.
Many beautiful hats on the west coast! Louie’s is red cedar – it is both more available in this neck of the woods, and the traditional material for this kind of hat in this area!
another wonderful chapter in the Adventures of Tansy. thank you for sharing her with us.
Tansy had enough fun to share! She likes going off for adventures with her favourite photographer!