The Buckskin Babes collective is rooted in Indigenous methodologies, land-based pedagogy and an arts-education practice that is deeply collaborative, reciprocal, care-based and stems from enacting sovereignty alongside responsibility to our ancestors past, present and future. The Buckskin Babes work in the hides project has focused on prioritising knowledge transmission intergenerationally and across Indigenous communities, while deepening Nation to Nation relations. Intentionally grounded in generating visibility and access in urban spaces for Indigenous peoples and prioritising cultural safety while modelling community care. A land-based and traditional art form, the moose hide tanning process in and of itself requires many hands and generational knowledge transmission.

Additionally, the collective has been integrating digital media and visual arts as part of the immersive moose hide experience. From hide tanning, to implementing leather via bead or quill work, to tufting, tool and toy making we have integrated photography, film, animation, digital illustration and printmaking into our collective practice.