Survival Skills of the North American Indians

Peter Goodchild

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Year: 1999
• eBook ISBN:
  9781569765036
• Edition: 2

This comprehensive review of Native American life skills covers collecting and preparing plant foods and medicines; hunting animals; creating and transporting fire; and crafting tools, shelter, clothing, utensils, and other devices. Step-by-step instructions and 145 detailed diagrams enable the reader to duplicate native methods using materials available in local habitats. A new foreword, introduction, and index complement the practical information offered.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Plant food
• 2 Animal food
• 3 Tools and toolmaking
• 4 Bows and arrows
• 5 Traps
• 6 Fishing
• 7 Shelter
• 8 Clothing
• 9 Medicine
• 10 Transportation
• 11 Fire
• 12 Preparation of hides
• 13 Cordage
• 14 Basketry and pottery
• Appendix: Food Plants
• Selected Bibliography
• Index