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Native American Survival Skills : How to Make Primitive Tools and Crafts from Natural Materials / W. Ben Hunt.

Hunt, W. Ben (Walter Ben), 1888-1970 (Author).

Summary:

"W. Ben Hunt, whose Sioux name was Tasunka Witko, traveled throughout the Midwest, living with several Native American tribes, finally settling near the site of the last Sioux uprising. Here he provides step-by-step instructions and exact dimensions to make Sioux ghost shirts, Plains Indian shields, box traps, Iniut snowshoes, and more. From making rawhide to putting the finishing touches on a pair of moccasins, beginners and seasoned woodsmen alike will enjoy making the tools and camp equipment that were used for centuries. Native American Survival Skills is a remarkable source of information about the Americans who first pioneered self-sufficient living. In it, there are lessons for all of us today." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1629145971
ISBN: 9781629145976
Physical Description: 288 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits, paperback ; 26 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Previous ed. published under title: American Indian survival skills.

Formatted Contents Note:

Basic tools and materials: How to make rawhide -- Knife and ax sheaths -- Sandals -- Tanning -- Indian clothing: Buckskin shirts -- Sioux ghost shirts -- Indian leggings and breechclout -- Indian moccasins -- Concha belts -- Indian designs and decorations: Materials and designs -- Indian symbols and designs -- Indian beadwork -- Vests -- Headdresses and necklaces: Roach -- War bonnets and headdresses -- Indian war bonnets -- Indian necklaces -- Pump drills -- Hints on working with bone -- Indian ceremonies: Medicine poles or ownership staffs -- Whittling -- False faces and masks -- Neckerchief slides -- Indian peace pipes -- Ceremonial Indian bow and arrows -- Kachina dolls -- Hunting, war, and games: Shields -- Indian war clubs -- Lacrosse sticks -- Throwing stick -- Throwing arrows -- Indian hoop game -- Box traps --

Indians of the north: Indian totem poles -- Snow goggles -- Arctic hand sled -- Indian snowshoes of wood -- Alaskan Eskimo snowshoes -- Bow drills -- Around the campfire: Lazy squaw coiled baskets -- Birch-bark baskets -- Pack rack -- Indian ladles, bowls, and drinking cups -- Bag weaving -- Turtle shells -- Indian music: flageolet or love flute -- Indian tom-tom -- Indian gourd rattles -- The Indian way: Packsaddles -- Dog harnesses -- Indian tepee -- Indian wigwams -- Crooked knife and skew knife -- Fires -- Camp knife.