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- Camping Gear Online Stores - shop for tents, sleeping bags, lanterns, stoves, etc. - A directory to retailers of camping and outdoor equipment: tents, sleeping bags, clothes; outdoor cooking supplies; and a variety of other sites with items of interest to campers.
camping.about.com/cs/campinggearstores
- Camping Recipes by Category: Around the Campfire, Breakfast, Dessert, Fish, Meat, Poultry, On the Trail, Vegetables - A variety of camping recipes by category - meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, breakfast, dessert, on the trail, around the campfire, and Dutch ovens.
camping.about.com/library/recipes/blreccat.htm
- Commemorative Medallions for YMCA Y-Indian Program Parent Child Groups - Y-Indian Program Medallions with personalized engraving. A useful source for this specific Indian Guide memorabilia.
www.y-indianguides.com
- Geographical Index to the Tribes of the United States and Canada - Map-based index with Locations and links to websites--if available--for US and Canadian Native Tribes. Seems comprehensive.
www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/US.html
- Historic photos of tipis - This is a marvelous index containing about 75 pictures, mostly photos of tipis from the 19th century.
www.tipis-tepees-teepees.com/historic_photos_of_tipis.htm
- Knots - A scout page from the UK. Contains an archive of animated knot tying how-tos. Interesting and extremely useful!
www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/index.html
- LONECLOUD Y-Indian Guide/Princess Patches - Design your own patch for trips, meetings and other events. Colorful screenprinted patches.
www.lonecloud.com
- Native Essence Indian Craft Supplies - Product Index - A big, nicely illustrated list of Indian craft supplies in a convenient on-line shopping cart format.
www.nativeessence.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/page=indian-craft-supplies.htm/SID=PUT_SID_HERE
- NativeTech: Making a Bark Canoe - A terrific Native American crafts--the right word is technical--resource. Here's a "for example" link: how to make a model birchbark canoe. The article describes two designs, and also includes a detailed cutaway painting of a full-size craft. Nativetech home page is listed below.
www.nativetech.org/brchbark/canminit.htm
- NativeTech: Native American Technology and Art - Native American Technology & Art: A topically organized educational web site emphasizing the Eastern Woodland Indians region, organized into categories of Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, Weaving & Cordage, Games & Toys and Food & Recipes. Instructional information about these materials, and background on the history and development of Native technologies. Dedicated to disconnecting the term primitive from perceptions of Native American technology and art.
www.nativetech.org
- Pinewood Derby Webring Hub - A collection of linked Pinewood Derby sites, with names like: Ultimate Pinewood Derby Page, The Worlds Least Expensive Pinewood Derby Timer and Ol' Buffalo Pinewood Derby Page.
T.webring.com/hub?ring=pwd&id=6&hub
- Scoutorama - A scouting site that archives various camping how-tos, skits, cooking, etc. Includes a search feature that enables a search by keyword only, which is somewhat awkward if you simply want to browse
www.scoutorama.com
- The Sun Dagger - Another good Thinkquest page: an introduction to the Chaco Canyon Sundagger, one of the best examples of Native American Astronomical observatories.
library.thinkquest.org/C0118421/dagger.html
- ThinkQuest Library of Entries - How-to Native American Crafts described by kids, for example Kachina dolls made from spools. ThinkQuest is an online program that challenges students, educators at all levels to develop educational Web sites for curriculum and staff development.
library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/crafts/native_american_crafts.htm
- travelsd.com -- Guide to the Great Sioux Nation Home - A useful overview of the tribes, history, landscape and culture of the original Great Sioux Nation. Also lists powwows you can visit.
www.travelsd.com/history/sioux
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