The 13th annual

Bois D' Arc Primitive Skills Camp and Knap-In
September 24 - 26, 2010.

Dedicated to the research, practice and teaching of stone-age wilderness wisdom and life skills.

Held at the beautiful Hulston Mill Historic Park, near Greenfield MO. Directions: From Springfield, take Hwy 160 approx 30 mi. west (approx. 20 mi past Bois D' Arc Conservation area, 7 miles east of Greenfield) to EE, right, follow signs to the Mill.

Click here for a map.

Click here for 2009 Event Flyer.
 

Workshops: Some of the finest primitive skills instructors in the midwest, teaching workshops on the following subjects:

Gathering for the Evening Raffle

Her First Arrow Point

• Friction Fire
• Flintknapping
• Rivercane Flutes
• Basketry and Pottery
• Deadfall Traps
• Pine Pitch and Hide Glue
• Pump Drills
• Bow and Arrow Construction
• Atlatl Construction
• Bone Tools
• Tracking and Trailing
• Primitive First Aid
• Bowls & Containers
   
• Primitive Cooking
• Braintan Buckskin Hide Tanning
• Buckskin Moccasins
   
• Cordage & Netting
• Shelter
• Rivercane Blowguns
• Edible, Medical Useful Plant Identification
• and much, much more

Evening Programs:

• Nightwalking
• Stories & Singing by Mescalero Apache John Hernandez
• String and Didgeredoo Music
• Drum Circle
• ... and who knows what else!