ARCHERY & INDIAN LORE

This book includes all you need to know to make powerful and attractive native American bows and arrows. Easy-to-follow text with numerous illustrations and photos. The reader is shown how to use both primitive and modern techniques of bow and arrow making. Explored in detail are acquiring  tools, wood, designing, cutting, shaping and bringing the bow to a perfect arc. Explains Recurvs and reflex, backing you bow with snakeskin, and finishing. Even includes making quivers, bow cases and strings. All with techniques that are understandable to even the beginning bowyer. Illustrations and explanations on shooting the way the Native Americans did years ago. Written for the beginner craftsman, has 150 illustrations, photos, charts and diagrams. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in traditional weapons of the American Indian, their culture and early Americana. 98 pages.

A text on everything you need to know to make attractive and functional Native American Arrows. Featured in an easy to follow text, together with numerous illustrations and photographs. While the primitive methods are stressed, modern techniques are also explained. The book explores in detail every thing from selecting the proper woods to finishing arrows. Written for the beginning craftsman, with over 30 illustrations, photos and diagrams. This book will be invaluable to the one interested in traditional weapons and Native American culture. 28 pages

Autobiographical account of how Eastman became a young Indian scout reveals secrets of the Sioux: how to read footprints, hunt with a slingshot and bow and arrow, trap and fish, make canoe, build a campsite, much more. Also valuable information on the language of feathers, weather wisdom, storytelling, more. 27 illustrations.

As The Indian Tipi makes obvious, Plains Indians are both practical people and natural artists. Their inventions are commonly both serviceable and beautiful. The conical tipi of the Plains tribes can be pitched by one person. It is roomy, well ventilated at all times, cool in summer, well lighted, proof against high winds and heavy downpours, and, with its cheerful fire inside, snug in the severest winter weather.

Tipi's can be found all over the world in dozens of cultures. These fascinating dwellings are experiencing a resurgence in popularity because of their unique qualities: they are easy to transport, comfortable to live in for long periods of time, and weather resistant. Linda Holley explores the many different methods of tipi construction and includes dozens of drawings, photographs, illustrations, and diagrams that show how to construct, decorate, and transport a tipi.
Subjects include:  History of the tipi, Construction, Poles, Pitching a tipi, Living in a tipi, Decoration Materials, Transportation, Today's tipi camp.