| Day and Overnight Programs for Schools and Other Organizations The old ways of our grandparents are quickly disappearing. Few from our modern world can leave the neon lights of our cities and walk with confidence into the woods. Our workshops and presentations strive to restore that confidence, to reinstill the self sufficiency that was once such an integral part of the lives of our forefathers. Our instructional programs range from one-half hour lectures to extended camps held at your location or ours. Participants are exposed to the structures, clothing, accouterments, crafts and skills of early Native America. Our lodges are furnished with numerous reproductions of items used hundreds of years ago. Step back in time and enjoy our hand hewn log cabin, our eighteen foot Plains-style tipi, or experience our Eastern-Woodland style mat and bark covered wigwam. Be warmed by our fire and observe our demonstrations or choose to get hands-on experience in creating functional objects using the methodologies and tools of our ancestors. Make rivercane flutes and panpipes, leather moccasins and clothing, wooden bowls and spoons. Make string and rope by cording bark. Form pottery from native clays and fire it in a campfire. Identify wild plants. Erect and live in tipis and other shelters. Throw a tomahawk. Learn Indian bead and quill work. Weave baskets from grasses and other materials or fold one out of bark. Braid a hat from cattail. Make fire with friction. Leave the workshop with beautiful items you have created from materials foraged from the natural world around you. Escape the rat race! Join us in drumming, story, and song! We have received honors from the U.S. Navy, the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, Spirit Bird '96, the Helping Hand Pow Wow, and others. |
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