Wendy Petty, our wonderful Foraging Class instructor, attended the Animal Processing class in June. Here is an article she wrote about her experience:
http://zesterdaily.com/cooking/animal-processing-taps-deep-human-emotion/
Enjoy!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Foraging class on the Radio
Our Hands-on Foraging class and wonderful foraging teacher Wendy were featured on KGNU, our local community radio station. It is a short segment that starts around 24 minutes into the show.
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| Weaving a cattail mat |
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| Prepping milkweed pods for stuffing |
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| Milkweed pods |
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| Stuffed milkweed pods |
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| Trout steamed in cattail mat |
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Summer Camp
Summer camps have started. Enough said. Enjoy the pictures.
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| Throwing a dart with an atlatl |
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| Tomahawk throwing |
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| Evening fire, Youth Overnight |
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| Rainbow over camp |
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| Counselors get ready, Scout Day Camp |
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| Training Pekiti Tirsia Kali at Scout Camp |
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| Gathering for a game |
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| Magpie has the flag! |
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| SPLASH |
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| Wolf hiding from Fleabane |
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| Hiding in the grass |
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| Earth Camo, Scout Camp |
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| Everybody's after Cricket |
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| Heading out on a tracking expedition, Skills I |
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| Checking out some spider sign, Skills I |
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| A red-tail visiting camp |
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| Bolas, Skills I |
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| Cooling off |
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| Preparing for Atlatl, Skills I |
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| Retrieving darts, Skills I |
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Fire and Iron
This year, Sam, our blacksmithing instructor, ran our first youth blacksmithing camp. Five boys attended, and it was a great week of ingenuity, focus and strength. The Blacksmith was the King of Crafts, and this traditional skills dovetails beautifully with our mission at Laughing Coyote. The campers went home, covered in coal dust, but with a new sense of confidence, inner fortitude, and a whole bunch of finished projects. Look for more blacksmithing programs in the future.
~Neal
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| Fire pokers |
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| Sam demonstrating a step |
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| Stock in the fire |
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| Where the magic happens |
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| Finished projects |
Monday, June 10, 2013
End of the Year
In May we completed the 2012-13 Yearlong groups. We had two homeschool groups, an afterschool group, and a series of teen workshops. We had a great time, working with over fifty students. We played games, told stories, and worked on TONS of skills. Thanks to all students and families for a great year.
Here are the skills we worked on:
- Knife Safety
- Stalking and movement
- Food processing
- Cordage
- Coil Baskets
- Archery
- Traps
- Slings
- Atlatl
- Throwing Stick
- Tomahawk throwing
- Earth Camouflage
- Firemaking
- Awareness
- Flint and steel
- Bowdrill
- Handdrill
- Knife sheaths
- Candle dipping
- Pottery
- Plant gathering
- Quickie bows
- Coal burning
- Twined baskets
- Knot tying
- Tracking
- Edible Plants
- Blow guns and darts
- pack baskets
- Stone tools
- Rabbitsticks
- Spoon carving
- Bowmaking
- Herbalism
- Bolas
- Bark baskets
Earth Camouflage-how many people are in this picture? Shadow Walkers
Oops! Monster Zucchini. Wednesday Homeschool
Archery. Wednesday Homeschool
The Bows and Bowyers. Youth Bowmaking
Outdoor Candledipping. Wednesday Homeschool
Straightening Blow Guns. Thursday Afterschool
Flintknapping tools and points.
Twined Basketry. Friday Homeschool
Pots prefiring.
The finished pots. They all survived! Wednesday Homeschool
Fletching an Atlatl Dart. Four Seasons
Tracking Expedition. Four Seasons
Tracking and Wilderness Navigation. Four Seasons
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