NativeWeb Resources: Living History & Reenacting

Name and Description	Nation	Location
Abotech.com - The Cyber Shelter for Primitive Living Skills
Man (Homo sapiens) has been successful as a species, not because he has mastered modern technologies but because he mastered the skills necessary to compete for daily survival. Each epoch in the history of man has identified at least one major skill in man's ability to change and improve his environment. These skills were basic to those beings who lived thousands and thousands of years ago and are practiced by everyone today with technical refinements and modern adaptation to fulfill our own requirements.
APVA Jamestown Rediscovery		US - Southeast
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological project. Jamestown Rediscovery is a ten-year interdisciplinary project searching for the remains of 1607 Jamestown on the 22.5 acre APVA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia. 'We Found the Fort'.
Code Talkers	Navajo	US - Southwest
Navajo and other Native American Code Talkers of WWI and WWII
Living History and Pre-1840s Buckskinning		US - Southeast
Living History events can run the gamut from 1750's to Civil War to World War II. Also of interest to participants are Scottish festivals and Native American pow-wows. There is no way we can list every single event in every single category, so we're going to focus on pre-1840's rendezvous & living history events in the Southeastern U.S. If you're interested in a different area or type of event, that would be a great excuse to start your own page devoted to it! Goodness knows, the Web can use it.
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New England Native American Calendar	Narragansett	US - Northeast
The New England Native American Calendar is a resource for information on contemporary Northeast Native Americans.
Paramount Press, Inc.		US - Northeast
Publisher of limited edition prints featuring Robert Griffing and John Buxton. Griffing describes himself as a painter of 18th century scenes that involve or feature the Eastern Woodland Indian
Pennsylvania's Historic National Road		US - Northeast
This section includes Fort Necessity, General Braddock's Grave, and numerous museums, and historic landmarks.
PrimitiveWays
This Site is dedicated to Stone Age technology, "Friends of the Society of Primitive Technology" events, atlatl spear throwers and darts, cordage, fire by friction, simple kayaks, bow and arrow, primitive survival skills, ancient and earth skills, stone tools, wilderness and outdoors skills, hide tanning, knots, nature awareness, medicinal and edible plants, traditional skills, archaeology, anthropology, native technology, prehistoric knives, flintknapping, baskets, aboriginal skills, artifact replication, workshops and classes, old ways and more.
More sites on www.primitiveways.com
St. Clair Flats Historical Encampment		US - Northeast
Primary focus on the daily life activities of the different peoples (Europeans & Native Americans) that inhabited the Great Lakes region during the mid 1700's . Historical interpreters will be demonstrating activities, crafts, skills, and games of the different peoples that inhabited the Great Lakes region during this time period.
Syukhtun	Chumash	US - West
The history of Syukhtun, the main town of the Chumash realm on California's Pacific coast, inhabited for eight thousand years up to the present day by the Chumash.
More sites on www.angelfire.com
The Trading Party - 1607-1760		US - Northeast
Portraying Traders and Native Americans of the Early Colonial Period - The Trading Party is a motley collection of experienced re-enactors who typically portray traders and their Native American customers. Our goal is to accurately portray traders focussing on the early settlement of Virginia and trade on the Virginia/Pennsylvania/Ohio frontiers. Extensive research has been done on the articles that were traded and these items or accurate reproductions of them have been obtained to demonstrate the nature of the merchandise being exchanged.
Walking Tour of Plimoth Plantation	Wampanoag	US - Northeast
Interpreting Activity Areas: An Example from Hobbamock's Homesite, In interpreting archaeological sites, archaeologists often look for analogues from living cultures. In southern New England there are no groups which practice traditional subsistence technology or settlement. However, the local tribes have a rich oral tradition regarding crafts, horticulture, and other aspects of material culture.
More sites on archnet.asu.edu
wanaunsapi tiyospaye indian tipi camp	Lakota	US - West
Living history tipi village of the "family group who hunts buffalo"
More sites on www.geocities.com
Waswagoning	Ojibwe	US - Central
Waswagoning is a recreated Ojibwe Indian Village located in northern Wisconsin. We give tours of our village to school groups and tourists during the summer season. We show and explain the daily life of the Ojibwe Indians before European contact, through the four seasons.
White Oak Fur Post		US - Northeast
The year is 1798 and the fur trade is booming. Our fur trading post is located near the upper reaches of the Mississippi River in the north woods. In another 60 years this will become the state of Minnesota. But for now, enter and join a hearty group of gentlemen and voyageurs. They are talking about the rendezvous. Later they may talk about the fur trade, sing some songs, perhaps talk about the winter to come. It is a time of adventure, challenge, dangers, and rewards..
Wilderness Way Online
In Wilderness Way, you will learn primitive skills that have been used for thousands of years, yet forgotten by our modern culture. Wilderness Way magazine opens a door to a simpler time and the techniques of how man lived. Inside you'll find secrets to aking friction fires, primitive shelters, plant cordage, atlatls (spears), birch canoes, teepees and much more.
More sites on wwmag.net