Native American Crafts and Skills by Montgomery, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

1. Shelters

The Tipi

Tipi Construction Smoke Flap Pole Pocket Dew Cloth Liner Setting Up the Tipi Ozan Tipi Fire Pit Tipi Pole Racks Stripping Poles Painting the Tipi

The Wigwam

Wigwam Construction

The Pit Dwelling

Pit House Construction

2. Tools

Graining Tool for Tanning Beaming Tool Firemaking Metate and Mano Horn Quill Smoother Drill Steel Hawk Root Digger Hide Scraper Hammer Stone Fat Scraper Stone Scraper Metal Awl Bone Awl

3. Weapons

Atlatl Leister (Fish Lance) War Lance and Points Cherokee Blow Gun Bow Making Bow String Making Arrows Arrow Points Knives

4. Hunting, Tracking and Trapping

Animal Tracks

Mule Deer White Tail Deer Bull Moose Bull Elk Antelope Caribou Cougar Mountain Goat Turkey Canadian Goose Mallard Duck Buffalo Black Bear Grizzly Bear

Traps

Fish Trap Trail Pit Snare Trap Figure-Four Deadfall

5. Tanning

Fleshing Hair Removal Braining Smoking Rawhide

6. Clothing

Calico Shirt Early Buckskin Shirt Blackfoot- or Crow-Style War Shirt Buckskin Leggings Blanket Leggings Breech Clout Capote (Blanket Coat) 1830 Crow Buckskin Dress Apache Puberty Cape Sioux Cloth Dress Moccasins One-Piece Plains Moccasin Two-Piece Plains Moccasin Navajo-Style Moccasin Woodland One-Piece Moccasin Buffalo Robe Trade Blanket with Bead Work Southwest Blanket Headdresses Crow War Bonnet

7. Cooking and Eating Utensils

Hide or Paunch Cooking Metate and Mano Wooden Bowl Southwest Cooking Pot Tripod for Cooking Horn Spoon

8. Foods

List of Common Indian Foods Drinks Seasonings Vegetables Food Preparation Wild Plants for Medicine

9. Transportation

Horse Dog Man’s Pad Saddle Decorated Boy’s Saddle Stirrups Woman’s Saddle Travois Birch Bark Canoe (Ojibwa) Bullboat

10. Pouches, Scabbards, and Assorted Gear

Pipe Bag Strike-a-Lite Pouch Saddlebags Knife Scabbard Arrow Quiver and Bow Case Awl Case Parfleche Case Medicine Parfleche Parfleche Regalia Bag Parfleche Box Baby Carrier (Iroquois) Ceremonial Pipe Willow Backrest

11. Jewelry and Ornaments

Choker Breastplate Bead Designs Ojibwa Headpiece and Choker Hidatsa Claw Necklace, Hairpiece, and Bracelet Ponca Choker Iowa Earring Pawnee Necklace Iowa Necklace Chippewa Silver Armband Creek Silver Disk Necklace Sac and Fox Breastplate Menominee Silver Earring Hopi Wristband Seminole Gorget Glycymers Shell Bracelet Trade Silver Navajo Ketoh Hopi Silver Overlay Bracelet Navajo Concho Belt

12. Bead and Quill Work

Hohokan Shell and Stone Trinkets or Fetishes Types of Beads Bead Necklaces Edge Beading Beadwork for Strips and Moccasins Chippewa Cross-Warp Bead Weaving Double-Weft Bead Weaving Bead Strip Designs Plains Moccasin Bead Design Woodland Moccasin Bead Design Porcupine Quill Work Quill Plaiting Quill Applique Quill Wrapping Two-String Quill Wrap Loom Quill Work Quill Dying

13. Musical Instruments and Games

Drum Gourd Rattle Turtle Shell Rattle Bone Whistle Ring and Pin Game Snow Snake Snow Dart Hoop and Pole Hand Game

Supply Sources Glossary Annotated Bibliography of Selected Books

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