2007
Core Courses
Starting Thursday, November 15
Make Your Own Snowshoes (4 days)
Starting Friday, November 16
Making Moosehide & Canvas Mukluks (3 days)
Carving Traditional Snow Goggles (2 days)
Sew Your Own Anorak (2.5 days)
Herbal Healthcare for Winter (1 day)
Intro To Mushing (1 day)
Starting Saturday, November 17
Felting For Your Feet (2 days)
Starting Sunday, November 18
Traditional Finnish Ski Poles (2 days)
Sewing Traditional Sailors Ditty Bag (1 day)
**
pre-registration required **
(wish you could take more than
one, don't worry -many of these courses
are also available at other times during the year)
2007 Featured
Program
Saturday, Nov 17 - Noon
Ojibwe Life Through The Seasons
- Oral Histories of Winter Travel and Survival"
by Anton Treuer, author of Living Our Language:
Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories (Minnesota Historical Society
Press)
A language carries a
people's memories, whether they are recounted as individual
reminiscences, as communal history, or as humorous tales. This
collection of stories from Anishinaabe elders offers a history
of a people at the same time that it seeks to preserve the
language of that people. Based on interviews conducted with
ten elders Treuer will share a selection of their stories
about traditional winter travel and survival. These stories
contain a wealth of information, including oral histories of
the Anishinaabe people and personal reminiscences, educational
tales, and humorous anecdotes.
ANTON TREUER is a member of the
Leech Lake band of Ojibwe and assistant professor of Ojibwe at
Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. He is editor
of the only academic journal on the Ojibwe language,
Oshkaabewis Native Journal, and author of Omaa Akiing, a
collection of Ojibwe tales from Leech Lake elders.
Snowshoe
Shuffle
Community Contra Dance
Friday, Nov 16 - 7:30 pm
Contra, Square & Round
All Dances called & performed by Over The Waterfall
"Winterer's Fashion" attire strongly encouraged
Arctic Film Festival
** Multiple evenings of exceptional arctic film viewing **
**
Click here for full
details on the Arctic Film Festival page
** Friday through Sunday
* funding for this program provided in part through the
Donald
Walker Sr. Memorial Fund
Winter-Skills
Seminars
45
minute demos and clinics throughout the weekend
* free
and open to the public
the
physics of woodburning: getting the most from your woodstove,
with Don Kevilus, proprietor and maker of Four Dog Stoves,
Inc.
Saturday, 10 am
Don has been handcrafting and modifying the functional designs
of portable wood stoves for over 15 years with his company,
Four Dog Stoves. In the meantime, Don has discovered some
innovative approaches to getting the most heat from the wood
you burn and will give a tutorial on the simple, yet
elemental, “how to burn wood.”
winter
tent camp tour,
with Mark Hansen
Saturday, 1 pm
Step inside and meet the campers who find comfort in
twenty-below temps and see why they love to winter camp. This
tour includes a walk-through of the many winter shelters that
show up during the festival. From canvas wall tents to
expedition nylon grade, circular yurts to lean-to’s, you’ll
learn what works (and doesn’t!) for each camper.
a history
of native footwear – how to make your own moccasin
with C. James Dahn
Saturday, 2pm
C. James Dahn provides a chronological and geographical
development of the moccasin will be presented, exploring the
styles, development and uses of moccasin. This seminar also
explores the ‘how to make’ a pair of moccasin’s based on the
traditional patterns.
Note - more seminars to be announced
Great
Gear & Ski Swap
Saturday, 10:30am to 11:30pm
Co-hosted with North Superior Ski & Run Club
Sell or buy ski gear, tents, skates, outdoor clothing,
and more.
For complete details download the form at the top of
this page
And So Much More
The Deep Freeze Chili Feed - Saturday, 6:00pm
Delicious bowls of steaming chili and
piles of cornbread (with butter!) A perfect winter
feast!
$8 per person
Harborside Winter Tent - all weekend
Make the most of the weekend by being part of the
community of
winter camping enthusiasts. Camping is either on campus
or immediately
adjacent
to the North House campus in the Grand Marais Rec Park.
For more info download the form at the top of this page.
North House Folk School is an independent educational
nonprofit committed to enriching lives and building
community through the teaching of traditional northern
crafts.
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