Native American Hunting Tools and Techniques

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.  

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