Have you considered changing Davy's name to Natty?
I don't know, Becky, I think a longhouse is definitely in your future. Think of the storage for all those projects!
Well, it's a good thing you are homeschooling that boy. You would be in for discussions with the teacher/principal so often you'd think you lived there otherwise :-)
Your amazon link doesn't work, btw. Or didn't for me. I'm vaguely interested in the tanning. But also wondered whether you hang the venison before you have it butchered. Does that happen before or after skinning?
You know, a longhouse would be a good place for little Natty/Davy to leave his sinew and other bits.
Though I now have a deer heart in my kitchen in a bowl in the sink.
The teacher and the principal would have fits because some small people around here carry penknives in their pockets. And aren't afraid to use them.
JoVE, the link should be fixed now, sorry about that. Yes, it will hang first, at the butcher's. We skin it first so the hide doesn't disappear at the butcher's or get switched with someone else's.
How cool for Davy! He is a kid after my own heart. I remember hunting iwth my dad and uncles and bugging them for their hides as well. I made mocassins(of two different sizes, unfortunately!)and a few other things. It is so great that they are getting into all fo this! We have always loved the Foxfire books for interesting tidbits about traditional crafts. I will check with a Lenni Lenape friend for book titles for you, as he still teaches this sort of thing at Pow_Wows locally.
Wow. We have serious snow envy! The paleotechnics link looks very interesting, and timely, as we're studying early humans right now.
Angela, thanks, that would be terrific. I've just discovered that Joseph Bruchac's son James has some interesting stuff. We do have my parents' old Foxfire book (the first one); maybe moonshining is in our future too... We're picking up Davy's winterized mukluks today, so he should be a happy boy.
kc, I'd send you some snow if I could -- we've got plenty. I hope that link is useful, have fun with your studies. I'm sure your kids will have a blast. For anyone in NYS, here's another link,
http://www.ndakinnacenter.org/pa...es/about-
us.php
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