Making Pottery The rest of Opencancheck's day will be filled with activity. He will need to take some food with him to eat in the early afternoon. He will take some of smoked rockfish and some smoked turkey that are stored in clay pots in his witchott. His wife made the storage pots. She also made the baskets that hold the foods that have been smoked or dried in the sun. DID YOU KNOW?...Pottery You can following the steps that the Woodland Indians used in making pottery on a web site presented by the Madison, WI, schools. Look at the steps carefully, then complete Item #5 on your Worksheet.