Pests (Book Four, Card 6) Sometime Native Americans made their own mosquitoes net that were made with the help of pine boughs and sticks. Creating unique repellents, employing specialized herbs, rubbing mud on their skin, living in mosquito-free places, and blazing Smokey campfires were all ways that natives dealt with pests. Sweetgrass is a holy …

Sleeping Out Part II (Book Four, Card 5) Native Americans on the Plains grew more nomadic as their priority attentive to hunting. Tepees, sometimes written tipi, are a type of conical tent used by North American Plains Indians. The tepee was typically constructed by stretching a cover made of prepared buffalo skins over a framework of …

Sleeping Out Part I (Book Four, Card 4) Historically, Indians blankets crafted of woven plant fibers, animal hides, and fur, and later, hand-woven wool or cotton fabric. Wood bedsteads were utilized by several Native American cultures. Each house (or “yehakin”) accommodated anywhere from six to a dozen individuals, who slept on wooden bedsteads hanging on …