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3.00 Credits
3 credits As the indigenous races of North America sought food and crafted shelter, one of the many overlooked necessities of storage is the common basket. Where par fleche is normally seen as regular transportation devices of dried goods, different types of baskets provide a vast amount of usage from storage to fishing. Students will identify oak for split slats and weaving, soak different reeds, grasses, woods, and conifer needles, judge the effectiveness of the finished functional pieces and preserve and maintain their work.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Students will discover a whole world within bow craft, as it varies from culture to culture. This tool has been adapted to the needs of its users for thousands of years. This course will involve students in forming a split piece of wood into a functional piece of art that, with care, can last generations.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This hands-on course is an introduction to the ancient art of brain tanning. Students will learn the dry-scrape and other scraping methods. Students can expect to learn to properly skin animals, obtain the maximum amount of usable square footage, proper methods of making necessary tanning materials, prepare hides during the tanning process, tan animal hides utilizing various traditional(indigenous) and contemporary methods, smoke and store tanned hides. Each student will work with their own deer hides throughout the semester. (Service Learning Option Available). Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This class is specifically tailored to give students an unique experience of an ancient art and skill. One of the basic necessities is a need for winter protection, whether within the home, in travel, or for ceremonial purpose. Robes can be quite a versatile tool. They can offer shelter from pending weather, endure the elements and offer a pleasing affect to any modern home as well. Students will learn proper methods for efficiently lacing their hides, cleaning the hair thoroughly with minimum effort, fleshing and thinning of the hide, proper tool usage and up keep, different stages of application ratios for hides, multiple combined softening methods, stitching hides with natural sinew using historical stitching patterns, as well as smoking set up.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits What powers an arrow behind the bow? It is not just the wood. What about what lashes the tipi poles together or ties packs to a horse or travois? Cordage is not just a leather thong or piece of string but something that is twisted and woven from numerous fibers to create ultimate strength. This course is designed to show students the secrets behind cordage and how it retains its strength in everyday use. Student will create their own cordage from natural fibers and materials, make rope from hair and wool (suitable for towing or roach bases) and create the toughest bowstring made from natural materials.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Within the realm of ornamental decoration, and almost crossing the line of functionality, the guard hair of the porcupine has more than the ?often seen' hair piece ornamental purpose. Within most indigenous cultures, we see the guard hair is also used to line center of bustles, arm bands, moccasins, pouches etc. This course is designed to broaden the students' experience by demonstrating the basics of the technique used. Students will size guard hairs, experience various forms and methods of tying hair and actual embroidery of the hair, and incorporate other types of animal hair.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Using only primitive tools to fashion stone pipes, student will experience stone carving using pipestone to shape according to design. Students will create a project from their own designs. They will demonstrate how to efficiently use their bow drills or one provided for them to drill stone, use various natural abraders to shape their stone pipes, scrape and carve their stone pipes with al natural materials, and make and properly use hide-glue.
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1.00 Credits
1 credits Before matches or lighters were invented, humans depended on various means to light their fires. In this class students will experience primitive fire making of different time periods, including using a bow drill, using flint and steel, making char cloth, locating and preparing the best tinder, and demonstrating the buildup of a fire.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Among the indigenous nations of North America decoration of clothing and other tools was abundant. One type of decoration stood out: Porcupine quillwork. It can turn a simple buckskin bag into a beautiful work of art. In this class students will become familiar with the porcupine and demonstrate how to pluck guard hair and quills efficiently and safely from the porcupine, how to de-hair the quills, how to sort and clean quills, how to dye and store quills, and the zigzag embroidery technique.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Quillwork embroidery is a general term used for a wide variety of styles and techniques used within the art itself. In Advanced Quillworking, students will learn advanced techniques. Students will learn efficient and uniform stitching patterns, methods of altering embroidery within the pattern, workable stitching pattern to increase productivity, patterns and shapes complementing the designs the student creates for the work in a consistent stitch, flowing with the work, and how to identify and maintain proper moisture levels on quills without over-or under-hydration. Students will also learn the Single Line quilling technique, and its special applications. This technique can be used in conjunction with the zigzag and the simple band to create works of art that gracefully display contoured arcs and lines.
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