Ratpuke's 2011 Photo Thread
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A full month later, I have something more to share about this. When I was younger, a friend of my dad taught us how to chip obsidian into tools/points. Here's an example of some of my work.
This is on display in my 9-year old son's classroom, along with the spear I helped him make.
They study California history in 4th grade, so this gets combined with Mission projects, etc. We got to see it all at Open House on Thursday.
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That is fantastic. They offered a course on flintknapping in University when I was an undergrad but I wasn't able to get in. I'm glad to see the kids are still studying this. (Oh, and good work with the flintknapping!) When I was in grade three we had pioneer days and I was fascinated with making bannock and making rugs. That set the stage for my interests in native culture. Well, that and the fact that during every night after finishing supper we'd have dessert and my Dad would launch into a ridiculous tale starting with "Did I ever tell you time when I used to live with the Indians and X happened?" "No?" "Well...." And off he'd go telling us about something bizarre happening that didn't really make any sense. I think that's where a bit of my sense of humour came from because I remember sitting there picturing everything that he'd tell us. Countless summer holidays were spent trapsing around the NW states in a Bronco towing a trailer. We'd visit all sorts of places, retracing the history of the American West. I also remember visiting the Charlie Russell museum and being able to pick out a little print for myself. I chose one of a couple tee-pees. I still have that picture. Anyway... I'm glad to see that kids still get taught this. And it's nice to be reminded as to why I was interested in Native history and Archaeology to begin with. It's refreshing because these days I'm bombarded with oil and gas representatives who think Archaeology is completely unnecessary.
So......... thanks for the hijack.
So......... thanks for the hijack.
You're welcome, and thanks for the proper term; flintknapping.
Today's date: 4/3
Last photo's date: 4/1
I'm not good at math, but something doesn't add up here.......
Last photo's date: 4/1
I'm not good at math, but something doesn't add up here.......
for the flats the traditional wood and rawhide are pretty cool.
Anything with minor sloping terrain use the new ones with ice spikes.
The binding system of the new ones is nice that they don't twist.
Hmmm, non-twisting bindings sounds like a plus, but I'm in the flatlands so the spikes wouldn't be needed here. I'm thinking about making a pair of the traditional ones if I can figure out where to get the rawhide.
Bambi in the backyard.