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Survival Skills of the Native Americans Book

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Master essential Native American survival skills for camping, hunting, and outdoor living.

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Description

Learn how to live and thrive off the land from the indigenous people of North America. This book covers a wide variety of techniques and skills of the Native Americans, from hunting and trapping to woodworking. A great handbook for hikers, campers and outdoor enthusiasts!

Product Highlights

  • Learn skills like building a strong campfire, hunting and butchering, and making a solid shelter
  • Hardcover
  • 191 pp.
  • 6-1/2" x 9-1/4"
  • Edited by Stephen Brennan

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Contents

Note

Chapter 1: Tool Kits
Shaping Stone
Percussion and Pressure Fracturing
Arrow Repair
Pecking
Making a Stone AX
Cordage
Drills
The Great Burns
Bone and Horn Tools

Chapter 2: Weapons: Tools for Hunting and War
Knives and Blades
War Clubs
Hatchets and Tomahawks
Throwing Stick
Bola
Sling
Blow Tube and Dart
Atlatl - Spear Thrower
Bows
Arrows
Bowstrings

Chapter 3: Shelter
Tipi
Earthen Lodge
Dome-Shaped Lodge
Sod Houses
Wooden Houses
Mobile Houses
Pueblos
Arctic and Subarctic Dwellings
Northwest Coast Lodges
Gulf Coast Dwellings

Chapter 4: Transport
Canoes
Bark Canoes
Sea-Going Canoes of the Northwest Coast
Seal-Skin Canoes of the Far North
Umiaks
Bull Boats
Snowshoes
Building an Indian Toboggan
Travois
Horse

Chapter Five: Trailing
Indian Sagacity - By Captain Randolph Marcy, US Cavalry

Chapter Six: Hunting
Buffalo
The Winter Hunt
Deer Hunting
Elk Hunting
Hunting the Grizzly Bear
Beaver
Butchering the Buffalo
Dressing Hides

Chapter 7: Native American Diet
Protein
Agriculture
Gathering
Camas or Wild Hyancinth
Berries
Digging Stick
Planning Stick
Tree Nuts
Bark
A Sit-Down Dinner
Food Preservation
The Right to Eat
Curing Meat
No-Salt Diet
Feast
Pemmican

Chapter 8: Clothing
Robes
Tunics
Belts and Breechclout
Leggings
Women's Wear
Moccasins
Headwear
Hair Dressing
War Shield
Ornament
Tattoos
Medicine Bag and Tobacco Sack

Chapter 9: Games and Sport
The Hand Game
Moccasin Play
Tossing Play
Bone Play
The Arrow Game
Ring and Stick
Hoop and Pole
Snowsnake
Ball Play
Maiden's Ball Play

Chapter 10: Song and Dance
Bear and Dance
Buffalo Dance
Green Corn Dance
Snowshoe Dance
Discovery Dance
Beggar's Dance
Traditional Algonquin War Song
The Magician of Lake Huron: An Ottawa Tale

Chapter 11: War and Peace
A Blackfoot War Record
Peace

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