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There are 20 items in this department.
See more detail | | Bark Canoes & Skin Boats of North America
The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many requirements of their users.
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See more detail | | Tribal Living Book
Intriguing not for its thoroughness (the chapter on traps has only a smattering of traps), but for the pure intriguing random smattering of crafts and skills from a range of traditional cultures from all over the globe. Sure there's traps, and basket making, and moccasin designs - but there's also "dental pictography" (designs made by biting folded tree bark, like birch, to create an artistic piece composed of geometric patterns of tooth indentations), riddles, indigenous tricks and puzzles, tree climbing techniques, native concepts of beauty, and on and on
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See more detail | | Journey to the Ancestral Self
An unsentimental and unabashed response to our repressed longing: to dance to the drum, to encircle the ritual fire, to know healing lore from times when plants spoke, and to walk again in balance with the Earth. Tamarack Song teaches that the lifeways of all Native peoples are essentially one, sharing not only the same ceremonies and life transitions, but the same spirit and reverence for life. Regardless of our ethnic background or our religious upbringing, we are all essentially Native people who have lost our authentic original voices.
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See more detail | | Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, & Survival Skills
Clear, well photographed and diagrammed instructions on skills like the bow-drill fire, cordage making, basket making, fishing, shelter building, but there's something else going on here - Elpel doesn't just want to pass on the skills, he wants to pass on the understandings that runs underneath and through them,
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See more detail | | How to Stay Alive in the Woods
A practical, readable-- and potentially indispensable-- manual for anyone venturing into the great outdoors. Find food, Navigate the Wilderness, Stay Warm, Make Shelter, Signal for Help, Treat Wounds and Illnesses.
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See more detail | | Native American Hunting and Fighting Skills
This superbly illustrated volume focuses on the changing character of American Indian hunting and fighting skills - the tactics, practices, customs, and techniques - under the impact of confrontation with the European colonizers and the environmental changes they made.
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See more detail | | Frontier Living
Frontier Living - An Illustrated Guide to Pioneer Life in America, including Log Cabins, Furniture, Tools, Clothing, and More. Written and Illustrated by, Edwin Tunis. Frontier Living brings to light every significant aspect of daily life on the American frontier, with vivid text and more than 200 wonderful drawings. Immerse yourself in the character and culture of the men and women who stood at the harsh cutting-edge of our civilization: their dwellings, clothing, food, furniture, household articles; their hunting, farming, schooling, transportation, government; their amusements, superstitions, and religion.
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See more detail | | Mountainman Crafts & Skills
Filled with valuable information for hobbyists, survival enthusiasts, family campers - and everyone who enjoys outdoor life, Mountainman Crafts and Skills is the essential illustrated guide to wilderness living and survival.
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