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Nate Johnson

Grand Marais, MN
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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.

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Current Courses Offered by Nate Johnson

Teaser image for Brain Tanning Deer Skins

Brain Tanning Deer Skins

In three whirlwind days, using brains, smoke, and hard work, we will take deer skins from their raw…
Course is full.
Tue, May 12th, 2026  –  Thu, May 14th, 2026
9am-5pm each day
Instructors: Nate Johnson, Jeff Harper

Past Courses Offered by Nate Johnson

Birding Basics

Cedar Bentwood Boxes

Craft a Custom Crooked Knife

Field Botany

Making the Mocotaugan: Forge & Craft a Crooked Knife

Sewing with Fur and Leather: Beaver Fur Mittens

Tanning Tools: Make Your Own Dry Scraper

Traditional Hide Tanning

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