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Nathaniel Salzman |
At the January 11 CCASM meeting Nate Salzman described the different hunting tools and tactics
employed by pre-contact native groups of the Chesapeake, and he tied this information to the seventeenth century writings of John Smith as well as to a sixteenth century John White drawing. Nate also looked at the importance of hunting to native groups that ranged from providing meat to signifying status, both as an individual and as a group.
For hands-on time Nate brought examples of animal pelts, cured skins,
a strung bow, arrows, a quiver, clubs, bone tools, and wood for making traps that were
used or had been made at
JPPM's Indian Village.
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Hands-on time |
Note: Nate and one of the attendees putting together a fall trap.
Nathaniel Salzman is an
Education and Exhibit Specialist at the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum(JPPM). Nate manages JPPM's Indian Village.
Attendance: 18