Spreading the Berries out to Dry

Edith Campbell spreading crushed huckelberries on drying rack. The prepared berries have been spread out over a bed of salmonberry leaves. Skunk cabbage is normally used for this purpose. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.