Natives with group seven

This afternoon group seven focused on the original inhabitant of our region, the Native Americans.  They explored how the local people were able to satisfy their basic needs of food, shelter and warmth.  First we practiced sneaking up on wild animals with a game, then everyone experimented with trying to kill a moose (in this case an orange cone) with a spear alone, or using the atlatl technology used by the natives.   After a heavy downpour, Cam the KEEC counselor changed plans from using a bow drill to start a fire, which would never have worked in the conditions, to teaching the group what wet materials they could gather to start a fire with only a few matches.  Working as a team we managed to get a nice fire going in the rain to warm us up by the end of the investigation.