Survival Skills of the Native Americans by Brennan, Stephen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Table of Contents Note Chapter One: Tool Kits

Shaping Stone

Hammerstones

Percussion and Pressure Fracturing Arrow Repair Pecking Making a Stone Ax

Pecking an Ax Head Polishing the Ax Head Hafting the Ax Head

Cordage

Small Plant Fibers Bark Fibers Sinew Cording Splicing The Leg-Roll Rawhide

Drills

Pump Drill Strap Drill Bow Drill Disk Drill Weighted Drill Starting a Fire by the Bow Drill Method

The Great Burns

Flint and Steel as Fire Starter

Bone and Horn Tools

Chapter Two: 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

Features of the Bow Bow Woods Types of Bows Arrows

Parts of the Arrow Shooting an Arrow

Arrow Releases

Arrow Shafts Making Arrowheads Pressure Flaking an Arrowhead Retrieving Arrows

Bowstrings

Chapter Three: Shelter

Tipi

Bark-Covered Tipis

Earthen Lodges

Framing an Earthen Lodge

Dome-Shaped Lodges Sod Houses Wooden Houses Mobile Homes Pueblos Arctic and Subarctic Dwellings

Igloo

Building a Simple Igloo

Northwest Coast Lodges Gulf Coast Dwellings

Chapter Four: Transport

Canoes

Dugout Canoes

Making a Dugout Canoe

Bark Canoes

Building a Birch-Bark Canoe

Sea-Going Canoes of the Northwest Coast

Constructing a Sea-Going, Dugout Canoe

Seal-Skin Canoes of the Far North

Kayaks

Umiaks Bull Boats

Building a Bull Boat

Snowshoes Building an Indian Toboggan Travois Horse

Riding Gear

Chapter Five: Trailing

Indian Sagacity—By Captain Randolph Marcy, US Cavalry

Chapter Six: Hunting

Buffalo

Ancient Buffalo Hunt Buffalo Hunt on Horseback The Buffalo Trap Stalking the Buffalo

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

Chapter Seven: Native American Diet

Protein Agriculture Gathering Camas or Wild Hyacinth Berries Digging Stick Planting Stick Tree Nuts Bark A Sit-Down Dinner Food Preservation The Right to Eat Curing Meat No-Salt Diet Feast Pemmican

Chapter Eight: Clothing

Robes Tunics Belts and Breechclout Leggings Women’s Wear Moccasins

Making a One-Piece Moccasin Two-Piece Moccasin

Headwear Hair Dressing War Shield Ornament Tattoos

Tattooing

Medicine Bag and Tobacco Sack

Chapter Nine: 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 Ten: Song And Dance

Bear 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 Eleven: War And Peace

A Blackfoot War Record Peace

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