Table of Contents
Note 11
Chapter 1 Tool kits 13
Shaping Stone 13
Hammerstones 15
Percussion and Pressure Fracturing 16
Arrow Repair 17
Pecking 18
Making a Stone Ax 19
Pecking an Ax Head 19
Polishing the Ax Head 20
Hafting the Ax Head 21
Cordage 22
Small Plant Fibers 23
Bark Fibers 23
Sinew 24
Cording 24
Splicing 25
The Leg-Roll 25
Rawhide 26
Drills 27
Pump Drill 29
Strap Drill 30
Bow Drill 30
Disk Drill 31
Weighted Drill 31
Starting a Fire by the Bow Drill Method 32
The Great Burns 34
Flint and Steel as Fire Starter 35
Bone and Horn Tools 35
Chapter 2 Weapons: Tools for Hunting and War 37
Knives and Blades 37
War Clubs 38
Hatchets and Tomahawks 40
Throwing Stick 40
Bola 41
Sling 41
Blow Tube and Dart 41
Atlatl-Spear Thrower 42
Bows 43
Features of the Bow 43
Bow Woods 44
Types of Bows 45
Arrows 47
Parts of the Arrow 48
Shooting an Arrow 49
Arrow Releases 50
Arrow Shafts 51
Making Arrowheads 54
Pressure Flaking an Arrowhead 55
Retrieving Arrows 57
Bowstrings 58
Chapter 3 Shelter 59
Tipi 59
Bark-Covered Tipis 60
Earthen Lodges 61
Framing an Earthen Lodge 62
Dome-Shaped Lodges 63
Sod Houses 63
Wooden Houses 64
Mobile Homes 65
Pueblos 66
Arctic and Subarctic Dwellings 67
Igloo 67
Building a Simple Igloo 67
Northwest Coast Lodges 68
Gulf Coast Dwellings 69
Chapter 4 Transport 70
Canoes 70
Dugout Canoes 70
Making a Dugout Canoe 70
Baric Canoes 71
Building a Birch-Bark Canoe 72
Sea-Going Canoes of the Northwest Coast 75
Constructing a Sea-Going, Dugout Canoe 75
Seal-Skin Canoes of the Far North 76
Kayaks 76
Umiaks 77
Bull Boats 78
Building a Bull Boat 78
Snowshoes 79
Building an Indian Toboggan 88
Travois 91
Horse 93
Riding Gear 94
Chapter 5 Trailing 95
Indian Sagacity-By Captain Randolph Marcy, US Cavalry 95
Chapter 6 Hunting 101
Buffalo 101
Ancient Buffalo Hunt 102
Buffalo Hunt on Horseback 107
The Buffalo Trap 109
Stalking the Buffalo 113
The Winter Hunt 115
Deer Hunting 116
Elk Hunting 117
Hunting the Grizzly Bear 118
Beaver 120
Butchering the Buffalo 120
Dressing Hides 121
Chapter 7 Native American Diet 125
Protein 125
Agriculture 125
Gathering 126
Camas or Wild Hyacinth 127
Berries 128
Digging Stick 129
Planting Slick 129
Tree Nuts 129
Bark 130
A Sit-Down Dinner 130
Food Preservation 131
The Right to Eat 132
Curing Meat 135
No-Salt Diet 136
Feast 137
Pemmican 140
Chapter 8 Clothing 143
Robes 143
Tunics 145
Belts and Breechclout 145
Leggings 146
Women's Wear 147
Moccasins 147
Making a One-Piece Moccasin 147
Two-Piece Moccasin 148
Headwear 149
Hair Dressing 150
War Shield 152
Ornament 152
Tattoos 153
Tattooing 153
Medicine Bag and Tobacco Sack 155
Chapter 9 Games and Sport 157
The Hand Game 157
Moccasin Play 158
Tossing Play 158
Bone Play 159
The Arrow Game 159
Ring and Stick 160
Hoop and Pole 160
Snowsnake 161
Ball Play 162
Maiden's Ball Play 169
Chapter 10 Song and Dance 171
Bear Dance 172
Buffalo Dance 172
Green Corn Dance 173
Snowshoe Dance 175
Discovery Dance 175
Beggar's Dance 175
Traditional Algonquin War Song 176
The Magician of Lake Huron: An Ottawa Tale 178
Chapter 11 War and Peace 185
A Blackfoot War Record 186
Peace 187
