2 really good primitives skills books available
a friend of ours, Jeff Gottlieb, who is a very long term primitive skills teacher, has 2 books out for sale privately. i have seen both of these books and they are both well worth having in your library. We really recommend them both.

the first title is Teaching Primitive Skills to children
the second title is Wigwam, and takes you step by step through the process of building your own wigwam by somebody who has build many.

you can order either or both of them for 10 dollars each, plus 2.00 shipping and handling.

email: argskids@optonline.net
phone 631 457 9009
http://email: argskids@optonline.net

Apprenticeship available-Primitive building
A friend of ours- Jeff Gottlieb- who has been an instructor and practitioner of primitive skills for many years, has begun a new land project in north carolina and is looking for people interested in learning more about primitive building. Here is a great opportunity for learning more about just about anything related to primitive skills and living with the earth. contact him for more information, or phone him at 631 457 9009
http://argskids@optonline.net

basket weaving
this page has lots of different information on how to make baskets, and on different types of baskets to make.
http://www.mycoupons.com/store/basket-crafts-basket-weaving-and-more//

Bois d'arc
A primitive skills gathering and knap in in southern missouri every fall
http://www.boisdarc.info

Brennan Cavanaugh Photography
Brennan is a college friend of one of our residents and has come out to visit wildroots, and has taken a number of the photographs on our website.
http://www.brennancavanaugh.com

Earth Skills
A school in Frazier Park Calif, some specialization in learning tracking skills
http://www.earthskills.com

Echoes in Time
Also another west coast primitive skills gathering. this one is held in the summer outside of eugene oregon, and is a very good small gathering to attend.
http://www.echoes-in-time.com

Firefly Gathering
a really great primitive skills gathering held every summer outside of asheville, north carolina.
http://www.fireflygathering.org

Foraging and Ethnobotany
Incredibly comprehensive links!!
http://www.foraging.com

Headwaters Outdoor School
A good outdoor school, with a variety of classes in wilderness survival and living. they also offer an internship option during the class season.
http://www.hwos.com

Kaluna Community internships
A friend of ours, Stephen 'snowbear' Taylor, an elder in the primitive skills community, has begun a new community-called Kaluna Community. They have apprenticeships available in the areas of:
Primitive skills
Permaculture
Leadership Apprenticeship
Basketmaking
They have great need currently for people seeking apprenticeship opportunities. email snowbear for more information on how you can help and get involved.
http://snowbeartaylor@gmail.com

Knap ins
Knap ins are gatherings that sometimes have some primitive skills teachings, but generally have an emphasis on flint knapping, or working with stone. this website lists many of the knap ins that happen around the country.
http://www.hollowtop.com/primitive_skills_gatherings.htm

Lake Superior Traditional Ways Gathering
A gathering that happens in wisconsin every fall, it tends to focus on the northeast woods ecosystem.
http://www.traditionalways.org

Lost Cove Naturalist Center
A small school in north carolina that offers day long, 2 and 3 day as well as week long programs and wilderness adventures in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north carolina
http://www.lostcovenaturalist.com

Lucas Foglias photography
this website is an interesting page. lucas is a profesisonal photgrapher who has been to our community, as well as many others and has taken some wonderful photographs. just a gratuitous plug, plus some beautiful photographs.
http://www.lucasfoglia.com/rewilding

Mike Belleme photography
Mike is a photographer based in asheville. He is a friend who has come out to wildroots a number of times, helped us out and taken many of the photographs on the website. He has a website as well where you can see some of his photographs and more of wildroots.
http://www.mikebelleme.com

Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin
For those people in california, this place is a great one to start with. they have a recreated miwok village, and also have some great classes on the weekends for a very reasonable price.
http://www.mapom.org

Mt. Defiance Forest Farm
"Skills for Real Living Program" A six month apprenticeship in gardening and permaculture, off the grid living, homestead and primitive life skills and crafts, and more. this apprenticeship is designed to empower people with the skills to craft a life for themselves outside of the confines of the modern american lifestyle. it is a unique program integrating the best of eprmaculture, organic gardening and modern alternative technologies with traditional homestead and primitive life skills. it is designed to provide people with the skills to live and thrive without refrigeration or flush toilets, to grow and gather their own food, make their own clothing, containers, shelter and more. dates april 1, 2011- october 1, 2011.

http://www.mtdefiancefarm.com

Mushroom walks and workshops with Alan Muskat
Alan is a good friend of ours, and hosts mushroom walks and workshops on wild mushrooms and other 'find dining' from Boletes to beatle larvae.
http://http://alanmuskat.com/index.htm

rabbitstick/wintercount
2 of the oldest and largest gatherings in the US-very good gatherings to attend on the west coast. rabbitstick is in rexburg idaho in the fall, and wintercount is in maricopa arizona in february.
http://www.backtracks.net

Rivercane and Falling Leaves Rendezvous
This is the virtual home of our bioregion's primitive skills network and spring and fall gatherings, the Rivercane Rendezvous and Falling Leaves Rendezvous. It's meant to become a clearinghouse, resource center and networking forum.
http://www.earthskillsrendezvous.com

Roots School
Roots school in vermont is a school that has some great programs and internships available. We have heard good things about them from people who have spent time there.
http://www.rootsvt.com

School of Self Reliance
A very good school in southern california run by Christopher Nyerges
http://www.self-reliance.net

survival website
this website lists many different categories of suvival, with some good information about some of the different things one might need to know in a survival situation
http://survivalx.com

Teaching Drum Outdoor School
In northern Wisconsin (ojibway country) this is an excellent opportunity for folks to learn general skills like shelter-building and fire making, as well as to concentrate on specifics like hide tanning. There's also a year long immersion program that has changed many lives, and they are open to work/trades for some programs.
http://www.teachingdrum.org

Traditional Tanners
Tools and instruction on the natural way of making buckskin. Publishes an incredible How-To book called Deerskins Into Buckskins by Matt Richards. A really good schedule of gatherings where braintanning is taught.
http://www.braintan.com

Wild Abundance
This is a new organization started by a person who was a resident here. she is an excellent teacher and leader, and is offering classes, consulting, and individual instruction.
http://www.wildabundance.net

Wild Moons Immersion- Mashkodens
Teaching Drum has put together a month long immesion program seperate from their year long program. this month long program allows a person to join together with a permanent community to take part in whatever seasonal activity is happenign at the time. this might be anything from hide tanning and firemaking to maple sugaring, wild ricing, snowshoe hare snaring, suckerfishing, harvesting greens and berries, etc etc.
http://www.teachingdrum.org

wild plant database
this is a neat resource for wild plants, with great pictures, etc, that we just discovered.
http://www.wildplantdatabase.net

Wilderness Guide Program-Family Year Long
A new experimental program at Teaching Drum. This program will be an 11 month long program for parents with children, couples, and individuals who want to learn hunter-gatherer parenting skills to come together and live as a clan in a native styule camp, experiencing firsthand how all children were once raised. children were always with other children of varying ages, and the clan adults parented together to provide a variety of role models, along with elders offering guidance rooted in generations of experience. for more information go to their website or email familyyearlong@teachingdrum.org
http://www.teachingdrum.org