Anastasia volunteered for the Native American Trail exhibit behind the Placentino School. She attended the volunteer training class which prepared her to storytell, to the second graders, including Ariana, Native American legends as they went about the trail. Each Native American tribe had a master storyteller. There was no written language so history was kept this way. There is a section where the kids learn about and get to fish using native techniques. The Native Americans used variuos methods for catching fish. Snares, weirs, nets, fishing sticks, trotlines, and spears were some of the tools employed.
Ariana fishing with a three pronged spear
Cordage, made from plant fiber, was used as fishing line and was handlined around the end of a fishing stick. This is a fishing stick with decorative beads.
Hooks could be made of bone or stone and baited with meat or worms. Here is a hook.
A wooden bobber and adjustable feather peg keep the bait off the bottom at the desired depth, and also act as an indicator.
Teepee
Deer skin
Beaver skin
Rock wall oven sealed with mud. The door is a rock.
