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<H1><CENTER><I><FONT COLOR="#006600" SIZE="+0" FACE="Helvetica">"Primitive
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<p><strong><a href="Kayak Construction 1.html">Building a Skin-On-Frame Kayak<br>
</a></strong><a href="Kayak Construction 1.html">by Patrick Farneman</a></p>
<p><a href="http://buckeyegathering.net/"><strong>3rd Annual Buckeye Gathering</strong><br>
April 29 - May 5, 2012<br>
Forestville, CA</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="California Knappers 26.html">California Knappers</a></strong><a href="California Knappers 26.html"><br>
March 17, 2012<br>
Karl Nordvik Park, Fremont</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="Brain tanned buckskin 1.html"><strong>Fresh-Scrape Braintan Buckskin Tutorial <br>
</strong></a></strong><a href="Brain tanned buckskin 1.html">by Patrick Farneman</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="Friends of PT5.html">Friends of the Society of Primitive Technology</a></strong><a href="Friends of PT5.html"><br>
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<P><A NAME="anchor687262"></A><A HREF="pt-questions.html"><BR>
E-mail Questions Answered<BR>
(updated regularly)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-books.html">Recommended Books & Magazines</A></P>
<P><A HREF="movies1.html">Movies of Interest<BR>
(Entertainment, Educational, and How-To videos)</A></P>
<P><a href="buffalo_hide_book2.html">"Native American Buffalo Robes,<strong> <br>
</strong>A Study of their Role in Plains Indian Societies and a Guide to Traditional Tanning Techniques" by Markus Klek</a></P>
<P><A HREF="Stone_Age_Engineering.html"><I>"</I>Stone Age
Engineering<I>"</I> by Dick Baugh</A></P>
<P><A HREF="stores.html">Stores that Offer Resources for Primitive
Technology Projects</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-trading-post.html">TRADING POST - items for sale</A></P>
<P><A HREF="kahiko_artwork%26replicas.html">KAHIKO Arts</A></TD>
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CLASSES</FONT></B>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" HEIGHT="244"><P><A HREF="Friends of PT5.html">Friends of the Society of Primitive Technology: Activities Calendar for 2012</A></P>
<P><A HREF="kahiko_schedule.html">KAHIKO Arts Workshops - 2012</A></P>
<P><a href="California Knappers 26.html">California Knappers<br>
(monthly flintknapping get-together) </a></P>
<P><A HREF="teaching_Baugh.html">What to Teach Kids and Why</A></P>
<P><A HREF="teaching_Kidder.html">Sharing Old Ways With The Young</A>
<P><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/2008/06/05#E141">First Skills (Interview with Norm Kidder on Wildebeat.net)</a> </TD>
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<P><CENTER><B><FONT SIZE="+1"><BR>
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&<BR>
PRIMITIVE COOKING</FONT></B>
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<P><CENTER><IMG SRC="Images2/dakota_oven.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
BORDER="0" WIDTH="238" HEIGHT="317" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER><B><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Dakota Stove with Clay Pot</FONT></I></B></CENTER>
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<P><A NAME="anchor694080"></A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/shows/skills/E150.html">Ancient Fire Making (Interview with Dino Labiste on Wildebeat.net)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fire.html">Fire</A></P>
<P><A HREF="uses_of_fire.html">Some Uses of Fire</A></P>
<P><A HREF="ancient_fires.html">Evidence of Ancient Campfires</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fire_Baugh.html">The Miracle of<br>
Fire-by-Friction</A></P>
<P><a href="fire_Baugh2.html">The Miracle of <br>
Fire-by-Friction, Revisited </a></P>
<P><a href="3 fire-by-friction methods.html">3 Fire-by-Friction Methods (video)</a> </P>
<P><A HREF="e-fire.html">The Egyptian Bow Drill</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-bowfire.html">Making Fire with a Bow Drill</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-fire.html">Making Fire with a Hand Drill</A></P>
<P><a href="Dino_and_Fire_making.html">Hand Drill Fire Making (videos)</a></P>
<P><a href="hand_drill.html">A Friction Fire Inquiry: Hand Drill</a></P>
<P><A HREF="fire_from_ice.html">Starting Fire<BR>
With a Lens Made From Ice!</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fire_piston.html">Fire Piston</A></P>
<P><A HREF="http://www.primitiveways.com/fire_piston_for_21st_century.html">Fire Piston: Primitive Technology for the 21st Century</A></P>
<P><a href="bamboo-strike-a-light1.html">Bamboo Strike-A-Light</a></P>
<P><a href="marcasite and flint.html">Paleolithic Stone on Stone Fire Technology</a></P>
<P><a href="Fire-by-Percussion and Fire-by-Compression.html">Fire-by-Percussion & Fire-by-Compression (video) </a></P>
<P><A HREF="two-stick-hearthboard.html">The Two-Stick Hearthboard</A></P>
<P><a href="hearthboards.html">Hearthboard Variations</a></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-bowspinext.html">Spindle Extension for a Fire
Bow Drill</A></P>
<P><A HREF="scarfng_a_fire_spindle.html">Scarfing a Fire Spindle</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-firesaw.html">Fire-by-Friction Methods of the
Australian Aborigines</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-small-fire.html">Smallest Bow Drill Fire-by-Friction
Set</A></P>
<P><A HREF="Fire Making Materials.html">Friction Fire Woods and Successful Wood Combinations </A></P>
<P><A HREF="fire_materials.html">Fire-By-Friction: Materials
of the San Francisco Bay Region</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fire_damp_materials.html">Fire-by-Friction with Damp
Materials</A></P>
<P><a href="fire_tube.html">Fire Tube</a></P>
<P><A HREF="tinder.html">Got Tinder?</A></P>
<P><a href="waterproof_fire_starter.html">Waterproof Fire Starter</a></P>
<P><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/shows/skills/E146.html">Starting With Fire</a> <a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/shows/skills/E146.html">(Interview with Dino Labiste on Wildebeat.net)</a></P>
<A HREF="pt-small-fire.html"><HR ALIGN=LEFT></A><A HREF="primitive_cooking.html">Primitive Cooking</A></P>
<P><A HREF="adobe_horno.html">Adobe Horno</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bamboo_rice_cooker.html">Bamboo Rice Cooker</A></P>
<P><A HREF="Imu1.html">Imu - Hawaiian Underground Oven</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pit_oven.html">Pit Oven</A></P>
<P><A HREF="Boiling with hot stones.html">Boiling With Hot Stones</A></P>
<P><a href="boiling water in cabbage leaf.html">Boil Water in a Cabbage Leaf</a></P>
<P><A HREF="salmon%20cooking.html">Salmon Cooking</A>
<P><A HREF="cattail_pollen_pancakes.html">Cattail Pollen Pancakes</A></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica">PRIMITIVE TOOLS<BR>
&<BR>
PROJECTILES</FONT></B></font>
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<P><CENTER><B><img src="Image3/archery.jpg" width="198" height="288"></B>
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<P><CENTER><B><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Archery</FONT></I></B></CENTER>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" HEIGHT="436"><P><A NAME="anchor696518"></A><BR>
<A HREF="knapping1.html">California Knapping</A></P>
<P><a href="Mesoamerican prismatic blade production.html">Mesoamerican Prismatic Blade Production from Obsidian (video)</a> </P>
<P><A HREF="knapping-ken.html">Flintknapping Videos by Ken Peek </A></P>
<P><A HREF="dick-knapping.html">Flintknapping Videos by Dick Baugh </A></P>
<P><A HREF="ken-k-knapping.html">Flintknapping Videos by Ken Kehoe</A></P>
<P><A HREF="secrets_of_sinew.html">The Secrets of the Sinew</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bow_arrow_efficiency.html">Internal Friction on Bow Limbs</A></P>
<P><a href="bow_arrow_efficiency 2.html">Bow and Arrow Efficiency</a></P>
<P><A HREF="Otzi%27s_bow.html"><FONT SIZE="+1">Ö</FONT>tzi's
Bow</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cordage_backed_bow.html">Cordage Backed Bow</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-composite_bow.html">Making an Asiatic Composite
Bow</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sapling_bow.html">Making a Bow From a Sapling</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bow_and_arrow.html">Simple, Cheap & Effective
Bows and Arrows</A></P>
<P><A HREF="hatchet_bow.html">Using a Hatchet to Make a Bow</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bow_tillering.html">A Foolproof Method for Bow Tillering</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fletching_jig.html">Fletching Jig</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fletching_by_hand.html">Fletching By Hand</A></P>
<P><a href="feather_clamp.html">Feather Clamp </a></P>
<P><A HREF="arrow_straightening.html">Arrow Straightening</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bowstring.html">Grow Your Own Bowstring</A></P>
<P><a href="archer's_thumb_ring.html">Archer's Thumb Ring</a></P>
<P><a href="making an archer's thumb ring.html">Making an Archer's Thumb Ring from Cow Horn, Antler or Bone</a></P>
<P><A HREF="atlatl_branch.html">Making an Atlatl from a Branch</A></P>
<P><A HREF="loop_cord_atlatl.html">Other Types of Atlatls: Loop, Fork and Cord</A></P>
<P><a href="fork_atlatl1.html">The Split and Wedge Atlatl </a></P>
<P><a href="field_points_for_atlatl.html">Field Points for Atlatl Darts</a></P>
<P><A HREF="pt_qikfltch.html">Jiffy Arrow & Atlatl Dart Fletch
Using Duct Tape</A></P>
<P><A HREF="atlatl rest.html">Atlatl Rest, Safety Loop & Anti-Gravity Device (AGD)</A></P>
<P><a href="tube_and_scarf_method.html">Joining Two Atlatl Shafts
with a Scarf and Tube Method </a></P>
<P><A HREF="scarf_key.html">The Scarf Key</A></P>
<P><A HREF="ice_glue.html">Ice Glue</A></P>
<P><A HREF="dart_Baugh.html">Atlatl Dart Tuning</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-atlatlflex.html">Atlatl Flexibility Analysis</A></P>
<P><A HREF="dynamics%20of%20spear%20throwing.html">The Dynamics
of Spear Throwing</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-spearthrower.html">Simple Atlatl Spear Thrower
Construction</A></P>
<P><A HREF="atlatl_spur1.html">Atlatl Spur from the San Francisco
Bay Area</A></P>
<P><A HREF="rock-art.html">Atlatl in Ancient Rock Art</A></P>
<P><A HREF="shingle_dart.html">The Shingle Dart</A></P>
<P><a href="Cattail whip dart.html">Fun with Cattails: The Whip Dart</a></P>
<P><A HREF="bamboo_clay_thrower.html">Bamboo Clay Thrower</A></P>
<P><a href="gourd_sling.html">Gourd Shot Gun Sling</a></P>
<P><A HREF="paddle.html">How to Make a Wooden Canoe Paddle</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fishing.html">Spears, Weirs and Traps</A></P>
<P><a href="wood_carving.html">The Basics of Woodworking with Stone Age Tools </a></P>
<P><a href="bone_awl.html">Making a Bone Awl with Stone Tools</a></P>
<P><A HREF="abalone circular hook.html">Manufacturing Abalone Shell Circular Fish Hook: California's Chumash Style</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fishing_hook.html">Antler Fishing Hook</A></P>
<P><a href="nasal bone hook.html">Nasal Bone Hook</a></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-hoko.html">The Hoko Knife - A quick, simple stone
tool</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bamboo_knife.html">Bamboo Knife (videos)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-antlerhandleknife.html">Antler Handle Knife</A></P>
<P><A HREF="stone_saw.html">The Stone Saw</A></P>
<P><A HREF="scapular_saw.html">The Scapular Saw</A></P>
<P><a href="crystal_hand_drill.html">Crystal-Tipped Hand Drill</a></P>
<P><A HREF="shells.html">Scallop Baking Shells</A></P>
<P><A HREF="shell_and_pine_pitch.html">A Performance of Various Pacific Northwest Shell Types as Containters for Melting Pitch</A></P>
<P><A HREF="coconut.html">Opening a Coconut with a Stone</A> </TD>
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<B><FONT color="#850000" SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica">MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS<BR>
&<BR>
BELIEFS</FONT></B>
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<TD WIDTH="42%" HEIGHT="282">
<P><CENTER><BR>
<IMG SRC="Images2/puniu11a.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" WIDTH="273"
HEIGHT="198" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER><B><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Puniu </FONT></I></B><I><FONT
FACE="Arial"><BR>
Coconut Knee Drum</FONT></I></CENTER>
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<P><A NAME="anchor699671"></A><A HREF="boneflute.html"><BR>
Bone Flutes</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-quail-call.html">Primitive Quail Call</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-weed-flute.html">Primitive Hand Made Reed Flute</A></P>
<P><A HREF="horsetail%20pan%20flute.html">Horsetail Pan Flute</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sycamore_drum.html">Sycamore Membranophone</A></P>
<P><A HREF="puniu.html">Puniu - Hawaiian Knee Drum</A></P>
<P><A HREF="hoof_rattle.html">Deer Hoof Rattle</A></P>
<P><A HREF="musical_instruments.html">Musical Instruments of
Central California</A></P>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT><BR>
<A HREF="tradition_vs_technology.html">Random Thoughts on<BR>
Tradition vs. Technology</A></P>
<P><A HREF="crystal-light.html">Primitive Crystal Light!</A></P>
<P><A HREF="Mount%20Diablo.html">Mount Diablo</A>
<P><a href="http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ffrctb2L2dIJ:www.fire.ca.gov/resource_mgt/archaeology/downloads/Charmstone.pdf+charmstone+in+Mendocino,+CA&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgie1Qxfcaz88MCHPF5Dq7kdrHFQC0CyT-cXahpUIyR-u7TG-Uqd0PpzPH7f3Oq_4BU5uV0tLyu1od63IEvmB11TRTE-qCFlBaM0ybmEsMs7tlAlg-3zIQfhDsFTgJhx6cUbdcS&sig=AHIEtbRsP5p_iOUeWSV1bnpVy3raW1wUtg">Link to "A Charmstone Discovery in the Redwood Forests of Mendocino County, California"</a>
<P><a href="http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0003.html">Link to "Banjo" type ornaments made of red abalone </a> </TD>
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<P><CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"> <BR>
</FONT><B><FONT color="#850000" SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica">EARLY TECHNOLOGY<BR>
&<BR>
TRADITIONAL SKILLS</FONT></B>
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WIDTH="252" HEIGHT="274" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER><B><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Deer Scapular Saw</FONT></I></B></CENTER>
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<P><A NAME="anchor702979"></A><BR>
<A HREF="Pleistocene.html">Back to the Pleistocene</A></P>
<P><A HREF="mat.html/index.htm"> </A><A HREF="Ohlone Peoples1.html">The Ohlone Peoples: Botanical, Animal and Mineral Resources</A></P>
<P><A HREF="mat.html/index.htm">Weaving a Lauhala Mat</A></P>
<P><A HREF="processing_sharkskin.html">Processing Shark Skin
into Rawhide</A></P>
<P><a href="Brain tanned buckskin 1.html">Fresh-Scrape Braintan Buckskin Tutorial</a></P>
<P><A HREF="buffalo_hide.html">Brain Tanned Buffalo Hides</A></P>
<P><A HREF="foxtan/Tanafox.htm">Tanning a Fox Hide</A></P>
<P><A HREF="skinning_a_critter1.html">More Than One Way to Skin
a Critter (Part I)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="skinning_a_critter2.html">More Than One Way to Skin
a Critter (Part II)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pelt_bag.html">Pelt Bag</A></P>
<P><a href="Removing_Deer_Hooves.html">Removing Deer Hooves</a> </P>
<P><A HREF="bark_basket1.html">Making a Folded Bark Basket</A></P>
<P><A HREF="basketry2.html">How to Weave a Basket, a Primer</A></P>
<P><A HREF="basketry1.html"><I>Homo sapiens</I> - A Basket Case</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pottery1.html">Southern California Pottery</A></P>
<P><A HREF="rocks_minerals_%26_use.html">Rocks, Minerals and
Decorative Stones Used by the California Indians</A></P>
<P><A HREF="paint_a_mammoth.html">How to Paint a Mammoth</A></P>
<P><A HREF="black_dye.html">Black Dye</A></P>
<P><A HREF="rabbit_skin_blanket.html">How to Make a Rabbit Skin
Blanket</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-knots.html">The Ties that Bind and Bindings that
Tie</A></P>
<P><A HREF="knots.html">What Knot to Use in a Primitive Situation</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pomo_netting.html">Pomo Netting</A></P>
<P><a href="cordage_video.html">Cordage Making (videos)</a></P>
<P><A HREF="cordage.html">Making Cordage By Hand</A></P>
<P><A HREF="http://www.primitiveways.com/cordage_in_North_America.html">Cordage in North America</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-shredder.html">Cordage Fiber Shredder Made From
Bone</A></P>
<P><a href="yucca_processing.html">Processing Yucca Fibers </a></P>
<P><a href="Ermine Moth Caterpillar Silk.html">Some Uses of Ermine Moth Caterpillar Silk</a></P>
<P><A HREF="tule_ethnobotany.html">Introduction To Tule Ethnobotany</A></P>
<P><A HREF="tule_mat.html">Twined Tule Mat</A></P>
<P><A HREF="tule_bittern.html">Pomo Tule Bittern</A></P>
<P><A HREF="tule_visor.html">Klamath Twined Tule Visor</A></P>
<P><A HREF="duck_decoy.html">Paiute Tule Duck Decoy</A></P>
<P><a href="cattail_duck.html">Cattail Duck</a></P>
<P><A HREF="cattail_doll.html">Cattail Doll</A></P>
<P><A HREF="Tule_boat1.html">Tule Boat Project</A></P>
<P><A HREF="dugout-canoe.html">Dugout Canoe</A></P>
<P><a href="Kayak Construction 1.html">Building a Skin-On-Frame Kayak</a></P>
<P><A HREF="http://www.shelter-systems.com/kayak.html">Four Hour
Kayak</A><a href="Kayak Construction 1.html"></a> </P>
<P><A HREF="ajumawi_fish_traps.html">Ajumawi Fish Traps</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-thimble.html">Inuit Thimble</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bear_amulet.html">Ulchi-Style Bear Amulet</A></P>
<P><A HREF="willow_rake.html">Willow Rake</A></P>
<P><a href="sand_and_horsetail_sandpaper.html">Smoothing with Sand, Even-ing with Equisetum</a></P>
<P><a href="pine_pitch_stick.html">How to Make Pine Pitch</a></P>
<P><a href="pitch and hardener.html">Pitch - Primitive Epoxy</a></P>
<P><a href="birch_bark_tar.html">Birch Bark Tar</a></P>
<P><A HREF="pack_frame.html">The Three-Stick Roycroft Pack Frame</A></P>
<P><A HREF="Iceman.html">The Iceman's Belt</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-knifesheath.html">Making a Leather Knife Sheath</A></P>
<P><a href="deer_hide_knife_sheath.html">Deer Hide Knife Sheath</a></P>
<P><A HREF="bending.html">Steam Bending Wood</A></P>
<P><A HREF="ladder.html">Log Ladder</A></P>
<P><A HREF="stone-file.html">Wilderness Grooming</A></P>
<P><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E155.html">Primal Grooming</a><strong><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E155.html"><B><br>
</B></a></strong><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E155.html">(Interview with Susan Labiste on Wildebeat.net)</a></P>
<P><A HREF="falconry.html">Falconry - Modern and Traditional</A></P>
<P><A HREF="jungle_30_years.html">Thirty Years in the Jungle!</A></TD>
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<P><CENTER><B><FONT SIZE="+1"><BR>
</FONT><FONT color="#850000" SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica">USEFUL PLANTS<BR>
&<BR>
SHELTERS</FONT><FONT SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica"><BR>
</FONT></B>
</CENTER>
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<TD WIDTH="42%" HEIGHT="322">
<P><CENTER>
<a href="Tule house7.html"><IMG SRC="Image3/tule-house66.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
BORDER="0" WIDTH="216" HEIGHT="288" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></a>
</CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER>
<B><I><FONT FACE="Arial"><a href="Tule%20house7.html">Tule (bulrush) House</a></FONT></I></B>
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<P><A NAME="anchor707849"></A><BR>
<A HREF="agriculture.html">Was Agriculture a Good Idea,<BR>
or an Act of Desperation?</A></P>
<P><A HREF="harvesting_gathering.html">Calendar of Harvesting
and Gathering</A></P>
<P><A HREF="coppicing.html">Coppicing</A></P>
<P><A HREF="norm.html">Gathering Basket Making Materials (videos)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bare-handed_basket.html">Bare-Handed Basket</A></P>
<P><A HREF="plants.html/index.htm">Useful Plants of California
(1)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="plants2.html/index.htm">Useful Plants of California
(2)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="plants3.html/index.htm">Useful Plants of California
(3)</A></P>
<P><a href="soap plant.html">Plants of California: Soap Plant (<em>Chlorogalum pomeridianum</em>)</a></P>
<P><a href="hemp_dogbane.html">Dogbane (<em>Apocynum cannabinum</em>) - Cordage Fibers </a></P>
<P><A HREF="yuccas_and_agaves.html">Nature's General Store: The
Yuccas and Agaves</A></P>
<P><A HREF="acorn%20granary.html">Acorn Granaries of California</A></P>
<P><A HREF="ki.html">The Ti Plant Called Ki</A></P>
<P><A HREF="olona.html">Olona</A></P>
<P><a href="kou.html">Plants of Oceania: Kou (<em>Cordia subcordata</em>)</a></P>
<P><A HREF="hawaii-trip.html">Hawaiian Plants (a trip to the
Big Island)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bamboo (1).html">Bamboo Thoughts and Curing</A></P>
<P><A HREF="bull_whip_kelp.html">Bull Whip Kelp</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fish_poison.html">Fishing with Poisons</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fish_toxins.html">Fishing with Hawaiian Plants</A></P>
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<p><A
HREF="name-plants.html"> </A><A HREF="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/shows/skills/E159.html">Wild Shelters<br>
</A> <A HREF="http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/shows/skills/E159.html">(Interview with Norm Kidder on Wildebeat.net)</A></p>
<P><A HREF="pt-tule_shelter.html">Thatched Ohlone Style House</A> </P>
</P>
<P><A HREF="Tule house7.html">Tule House Project</A></P>
<P><A HREF="igloo.html">How to Build an Igloo</A></P>
<P><A HREF="scout_pit.html">Scout Pit</A></P>
<P><A HREF="sauna.html">The Primitive Sauna</A> </TD>
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<P><CENTER><B><FONT SIZE="+1"><BR>
</FONT><FONT color="#850000" SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica">EVENTS<BR>
&<BR>
PRIMITIVE TRIPS</FONT></B>
</CENTER>
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<TD WIDTH="42%" HEIGHT="292">
<P><CENTER><BR>
<a href="Tule_boat1.html"><IMG SRC="Image3/Dino_in_tule_boat2.jpg" WIDTH="276" HEIGHT="203"
NATURALSIZEFLAG="0" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></a>
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<B><I><FONT FACE="Arial"><a href="Tule_boat1.html">Tule (bulrush) Boat</a><BR>
</FONT></I></B></CENTER>
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<P><A NAME="anchor710081"></A><BR>
<A HREF="Australian_trip.html">I Belong To This Country<BR>
(an Australian adventure)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fall_gathering2001(1).html">Native California Fall
Gathering<BR>
at San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-Rattlesnake_Rendezvous.html">Rattlesnake Rendezvous</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-australian.html">Australian Aborigine Flint Knapping</A></P>
<P><A HREF="stanford.html">Primitive Field Day at Stanford University</A></P>
<P><a href="survival_skills.html">Wilderness Survival Skills </a></P>
<P><a href="PS Campout/index.htm">Primitive Skills Campout</a></P>
<P><A HREF="Knap_In1.html">Coyote Hills Knap-In and The Gathering
of Ohlone Peoples</A></P>
<P><A HREF="wintercount.html/index.htm">Winter Count</A></P>
<P><A HREF="Rabbitstick%20Rendezvous%2005a.html">Rabbitstick
Rendezvous</A> </TD>
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<P><CENTER><BR>
<B><FONT color="#850000" SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica">HAND-MADE TOOLS<BR>
&<BR>
URBAN RESOURCES</FONT></B>
</CENTER></TD>
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<P><CENTER><IMG SRC="Images2/shaving3a.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"
WIDTH="274" HEIGHT="156" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER><B><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Portable Shaving Horse</FONT></I></B></CENTER>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%" HEIGHT="177">
<P><A NAME="anchor711880"></A><A HREF="pt-knives-1.html"><BR>
How to Make Your Own Steel Knives</A></P>
<P><a href="Steel heat treatment.html">The Miracle of Steel Heat Treatment</a></P>
<P><A HREF="knife_sharpening_jig.html">Knife Sharpening Jig</A></P>
<P><A HREF="two_bladed_pocket_knife.html">Two Bladed Pocket Knife<BR>
from PVC and Hacksaw Blades</A></P>
<P><A HREF="dick-steel-knife.html">Wallet Knife (video)</A></P>
<P><A HREF="tools.html">Folding Saw</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-toilettools.html">Johnstone Tools</A></P>
<P><A HREF="horseshoe_nail_notcher.html">Horseshoe Nail Notching Tool</A></P>
<P><A HREF="silverware_deadfall.html">Silverware Deadfall</A></P>
<P><a href="survival_kit.html">Survival Kit</a></P>
<P><A HREF="shaving-horse.html">Portable Shaving Horse</A></P>
<P><A HREF="urban_resources.html">Urban Resources</A></P>
<P><A HREF="urban_resources2.html">Alternative Supplies for Urban
Dwellers</A></P>
<P><A HREF="wilderness_%26_urban_tips.html">Wilderness &
Urban Tips</A></P>
<P><A HREF="chemical_fire.html">Fire by Chemical Reaction</A></P>
<P><A HREF="fire_from_balloon.html">Making Fire Using a Balloon</A>
<P><a href="Fire Piston using commercial materials.html">How to Make a Simple Fire Piston Out of Hardware Store Material</a>
<P><a href="Fire Making Using Solar Power.html">Fire Making Using Solar Power (video) </a></TD>
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<B><FONT color="#850000" SIZE="+1" FACE="Helvetica">GALLERY<BR>
&<BR>
LINKS</FONT></B>
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<P><CENTER> </CENTER></P>
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WIDTH="202" HEIGHT="115" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER><B><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Ko'i<BR>
</FONT></I></B><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Hawaiian Stone Adze</FONT></I></CENTER>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" HEIGHT="76">
<P><A NAME="anchor713741"></A><A HREF="pt-photo_gallery1.html"><BR>
Photo Gallery I</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-photo_gallery11.html">Photo Gallery II</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-photo_gallery21.html">Photo Gallery III</A></P>
<P><A HREF="pt-interesting_links.html">Interesting Links</A>
<P><A HREF="refugee.html">"The Info Super Highway Refugee" poem</A></TD>
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HREF="#anchor707849">PLANTS</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#990000" FACE="Helvetica">
| </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#anchor710081">EVENTS</A></FONT><FONT
COLOR="#990000" FACE="Helvetica"> | </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><A
HREF="#anchor711880">URBAN</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#990000" FACE="Helvetica">
| </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#anchor713741">GALLERY</A></FONT></B>
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