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= Participate in hands-on education exploring primitive environmental ethics from historical and multicultural perspectives =

** School Field Trips **
Bound into a day of discovery! (In-school field trips and hands-On assemblies available.) __Colonial Life__: Explore elements of the early settler experience __Life in the Village__: Slip into the woods for a day of 1600's primitive life

Colonial Life Elements:
__The Great Treaty:__ Remembers the integrity of one of the only known treaties not to be broken, and the dignity of the men and women who upheld it __The Walking Purchase:__ Illustrates impact of measure in the abrupted agreement, and the loss of honor and fairness in the re-tooling of its execution __Honoring Animals, Domestic & Wild:__ Imparts an understanding of the differing needs of wild and domestic animals through actual animal visits __Colonial Arts:__ Explores re-creation of folk and kitchen arts such as home made soap-making, butter-churning from milk and clothing reproduction __Primitive Pigments & Dyes:__ Investigates pigments from the natural world, where they come from, how to carefully harvest, how to render and use __Spinning & Weaving:__ Delves into the harvest, cleaning and preparation of elements from the natural environment for transition into thread and cloth __Metal and Forging:__ Examines the technological transition to metals and the forge, along with inherent impact on both environment and community

Life in the Village Elements:
__The Talking Stick:__ Illustrates the power of this counsel tool for personal empowerment, regulating group discussion, and contribution to the whole __The Ancient Power of Story__: Delves into stories told in native sign language, pictographs, oral words, movement, and feather quill-writing with ink __All Our Ancestors:__ Remembers the environmental ethic of "nothing wasted" and the interconnected balance of all life by examining primitive tools __Personal Shield/Mandala__: Creates artwork with authentic materials, focusing on personal identity and use of symbols in service of self discovery __Taking a Name__: Investigates the power of name to describe, empower, and inspire-what makes us unique and what we contribute to the whole __Clan and Symbol__: Explores leadership as responsibility, pulling a group together in decision and action by creating a shared symbol __Lifeblood of the People__: Examines the importance of clean water to all life, and what we can do to protect the waters of our own communities

Business Retreats
Innovative approaches to team building and communication offered in day-long workshops.

Summer Camps
Education blends with fun activities into three camps on History, Ecology and World Cultures.

= Participants walk away with a renewed reverence for our shared heritage and the importance of harmony and balance with our earth =


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