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Past Meetings - 1996 |
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(All meetings were held at Allan & Lucy's near Penetanguishene unless otherwise noted.) January 20-21: Fifteen folks attended. We had a guest instructor in for a moccasin-making workshop. A small group stayed for the sweatlodge Saturday evening. Discussion on Sunday on survival in this society if electrical power was no longer available. February 24-25: Ten people. The group set up a winter camp in the nearby woods. Various winter camping and survival skills were practiced. Sweatlodge Saturday evening. A walk on Sunday morning. March 23-24: Thirteen people. We rendered down maple sap into maple syrup over an outdoor fire. Throwing stick and atl-atl practice. Sweatlodge Saturday evening. April 19-21: The theme for this weekend was flint-knapping. Thirty-one people attended, including 6 from Montreal. Friday a long walk and pipe ceremony. The flintknapping workshop was led by Louis Rebelo on Saturday. Some practiced atl-atl throwing. Sweatlodges Saturday evening (two lodges, one for men, one for women). Sunday collected wild leeks for soup. May: Some attended the "Bush and Buckskin Rendezvous". June: A camping weekend at the Crown land camp near Parry Sound. September: Some attended the Cape Croker Elder's Gathering. October 19-20: Twenty-three people at this weekend in Penetanguishene. Long walks, sweatlodges Saturday evening (two: one for women, one for men). (no other records of meetings are available for this year) |
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