Instructors
Nate Johnson
Bemidji, MN
Nate Johnson lives in northern Minnesota. He teaches various craft classes, including hide tanning, birch bark canoe building, snowshoe making, basketry, and others. He also makes and sells knives and tools, harvests wild rice, eats plants and wild animals, stitches up some homemade clothing now and then, and wonders when he will pick up that fiddle.
Current Courses Offered by Nate Johnson
Black Ash Pack Baskets
The black ash pack basket: it's beautiful, highly functional, and can be made using simple…
Join waitlist
Sat, Oct 10th, 2026 – Mon, Oct 12th, 20269am-5pm each day
Brain Tanning Deer Skins
In three whirlwind days, using brains, smoke, and hard work, we will take deer skins from their raw…
Tue, May 12th, 2026 – Thu, May 14th, 2026
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
