Theresa Thorne from kwa’mutsun shares some information on hardhack

nilh ha’kwushum’ ’u tthu ..kw’ ts’uts’ey’hwtum’ tthu kw’a’luhw.
It’s used when you dry dog salmon. 

ni’ t’eets’tum ni’ shhw’un’nehws tthu fish kwun’s ni’ tseelhtun kwun’s ni’ ts’uy’hwt.
This is for splaying the fish to keep it still when you are drying salmon.
(The splayers keep the salmon from folding in half as it is drying.) 

tl’e’ ’ulh ’uw’ ’uy’ slhexun’.
It was also a good medicine. 

xwte’ ’u kw’un’s skw’ey kw’un’s lhew’ ’u tthu …kw’un’s ni’ q’a’qi’.  kwus ni’ hith kw’un’s q’a’qi’ nilh ni’ ha’kwushuhw tthu t’eets’ … t’eets’ulhp.  ’uw’ mukw’ tthu t’eets’ulhp ni’ ha’kwushuhw.
When you don’t get cured when you are sick for a long time, that’s when you use it. You use a lot of the hardhack.