Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Traditional Tools

Monte Burch (Author)

A valuable reference for these ancient arts, Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools takes you through the steps of the basic flint-knapping of arrowheads and scrapers to the most complex decorating and finishing techniques of painting and fletching. Also included are chapters on materials, tools, and the workplace.

Along with information on the history of each implement, the construction directions also cover:

digging tools  •  axes  •  knives   

hide scrapers  •  spear points  •  shields   

baskets and packs  •  chisels  •  harpoons   

hooks and line  •  fish traps  •  fish nets   

spear throwers  •  slings  •  blow guns   

bolas  •  rabbit sticks  •  game clubs   

trap and snare decoys  •  calls  •  spears   

darts  •  bows  •  arrows   •  tomahawks   

clubs  •  daggers  •  lances  

Richly illustrated with photographs and line illustrations, Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools is perfect for the historian, student, survivalist, or Native American enthusiast.

About the Author

Monte Burch has been writing about the outdoors for four decades. He has written thousands of magazine articles and more than fifty books, including the Field Dressing and Butchering series. He lives in Missouri.