Injun-Uity Book 2

Injun-Uity Card Book 2 relates to leather crafting.

In previous book you have learned about techniques which helps you in living in plains like a indegenous live. Here...

The name concho comes from the Spanish word “concha,” which literally means “conch” or “seashell,” but has come to represent...

Silver dollars were the first conchos, which were hammered, stamped, and edged before being slotted and strung together on a...

Moccasins are a form of shoe, boot, or slipper constructed from the skins of animals such as caribou, deer, moose,...

To safe feet from freezing, moccasins or boots would have been required. Protective footwear would be less needed in warm...

The most common footwear connected with traditional North American footwear is moccasins. Other styles of footwear were also worn, depending...

Armbands are common jewelry among the Native Americans. Such arms bands were usually worn by males of tribes. They are...

Leather concho belts are essentially a leather belt with conchos slid onto it and a buckle at the end. Fine,...

Chaps are leggings with a belt that provide a robust covering for the legs. They’re worn over pants with the...

Comanche men wore pierced ears with shell earrings or loops of brass or silver wire dangling from them. Six to...

While you are in an outdoor journey and need to pack your things, especially your bed or blanket, learn how...

The Northwest Coastal Indians used a variety of techniques to cut down their trees. Burning the base of the trunk...

These shields are regularly dished, that is, shrunk and modelled in the making to present a convex obverse to the...

The Lance is an archaic combat and hunting weapon that consists of a long handle, or shaft, ranging in length...

From the beginning, it was nearly unavoidable that the snowshoe would evolve into a must-have item for walking comfortably in...

Many Plains Indian tribes began to create larger horse-drawn sleds after horses were introduced to North America. They would connect...

Rawhide and buffalo or horse hairs were used to make lariats or throw ropes. Lariats made of buffalo or elk...

Hammocks have been around for hundreds of years. No one knows for certain who created the first one. Historians believe...

The majority of modern Western furniture has more Native American influences than you might think. Native Americans have a deep...

Many tribes utilize brush shelters. Brush shelters, like camping tents, are usually quite small. Brush lodges are exclusively used for...

A palisade, also known as a stake wall or a paling, is a defensive structure or enclosure consisting of iron...

North America has a vast network of lakes and rivers, and Native Americans had created the Indian canoe to make use of...

The Iroquois designed large thirty-foot-long freight-carrying canoes that could transport 18 people or tones of cargo. Even when empty, those...

Wood was used to make a variety of cooking tools, such as spoons, stirrers, and ladles, by the Native Americans....

The most of Native American pottery producers choose dung-firing in outdoor kilns built around the pots, while some creative potters...

Dry gourds have long been used to make simple and effective birdhouses. Early Native Americans recognized that birds such as...

In this bird house you can place food for them so that they can eat it in the air instead...

Weathervanes can be extremely simple or intricate works of art. A weathervane is commonly used as an exterior decoration, but...

Traditional trapping methods employed by Native Americans included basic snares, pit traps, and deadfalls. European settlers took metal trapping devices...

The “Beaver Era” began around 1550 and lasted for roughly 300 years. At the time, the beaver population was robust...

The bow and arrow were not always available to American Indians. The bow and arrow were not adopted in Iowa...

Self-bows were traditionally used in the Arctic, and while they could theoretically be made from a single piece of wood,...

Native Americans had an interesting and unique method of determining the height of a tree. They’d stoop down and peer...

The Medicine Wheel, also known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used for health and healing by generations of Native...

Straight Arrow Story- Straight ArrowSteve Adams is apparently the owner of a cattle farm but whenever injustices rises and the...