Kit+Inventory

[|Rabbit Skins]Kit Inventory Stories tell us what is important to people. Objects tell us stories. This kit is designed for object based learning and applying the inquiry process. The explanations on the left are to support teachers in using this kit. As an inquiry project students should be guided towards finding the stories of the objects independently through research. Use this information as background for yourself as a teacher. respect. It is important to many aboriginal cultures It is used for sacred ceremonies to carry prayers to the Creator. It is used in homes as good medicine and used to smudge with for purification. It is still picked today and used today. (See Sweetgrass in the supplimentary resources - stories and games)(Have students use the index to find information on sweetgrass and medicinal plants in the text __Edible and Medicinal Plants of the__ __Rocky Mountains)__ || the robe.When folding the hide, have sstudents give the robe a shake and fold it along the back first. Avoid picking it up by by the tail. [|Uses of Buffalo Hide] [|How to tan a moose Hide] Indians of the northern plains wore buffalo hides for both practical and ceremonial purposes. They wore buffalo hides in winter, with the fur on the inside for warmth. || not include one in the kit. However this is an unsculpted piece of pipestone ready to be shaped into a useful pipe. In this form it is allowed to be handled by students. There are many different styles of pipes and many purposes for using them. Each group of people have their own way of using them. [|Sacred pipes][|Pipestone quarries] || can consult this useful index and see what local plants were used by aboriginal peoples for medicines. Additional source : Plants and the Blackfoot - Alex Johnson || this plant can be used for healing. They can pick it themselves and brew a tea. It is a common plant growing with in the local district. Usually found in or near the sloughs, in pastures, etc. It is still picked and used by aboriginal people today.see text __Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains__ || 1 package unopened medium size 1 package unopened large size 20 individual gloves 19 in big bundle Gloves can be washed and dried in machines || This document teaches teachers and students to handle artifacts both fragile and sturdy with museum standard methods. Gloves are used to protect the artifacts and the handlers. Gloves should be washed in a washing machine and dried in a dryer before sending the kit to its next distination. || Each person who will be handling artifacts must have one on the floor in front of them. Artifacts are placed on this zone and are not to be moved off of them except to visually examine the object. Even then the object should be held above the safe zone. The safe zone provides a cushion in case the artifact slips from their hands. It provides a focus for studetns to work on so that they are not distracted, and a safe place for the artifact to rest on during the course of examination. || handling and transferring method when engaging with this artifact. [|Various stone tools] || such as knives, spear heads and and arrow heads. [|Making stone tools] [|How to make stone tools - youtube] || Some uses of buffalo horns are powder horns, fire carriers, cups spoons, ladles, toys, and split horn bonnets. [] [] || [] [|Innu show how to use a flesher (Fall segment)] || [|Obsidian] || [|Youtube - Jingle dress dance] [|Youtube - Jingle dress - side step] || [|From the Land Came our Moccasins] || royalty. [|Ermine tails and pelts] [|War Bonnet] [] || [|Porcupine quillwork] || [|Shells were used to purchase a wide range of items -- canoes, houses, ceremonial regalia, tobacco, food, animal skins even to to pay for doctoring, wives, or fines.] [|Among many Native American tribes such as the Chinook, dentalia was valued in the same way as were canoes and slaves, all of which connoted great wealth and which were prized possessions to be distributed among chosen survivors after a warrior's death.] || [|Pow-wow regalia] [|On a shawl] [|Maternal Ties (A story about an Elk Tooth Dress by Sable Sweetgrass)] || [|Traditional use of Tobacco] [|American Indian Tribes] || [|How Fletched Arrows are made] || [|Cattail duck toy] || http://www.sicc.sk.ca/heritage/ethnography/dene/demographics/prereserve.html || [|Drum Stick Making] || [|ArrowHead Alley] || Rabbitskin Mitts || [|Rabbit Skin's] [|Rabbit Fur Blankets] ||
 * Item Name || Picture || Item Description || Protocol and Background Information ||
 * Sweetgrass || [[image:fnmi-kits/sweetgrass.jpg]] || sweetgrass braids 1 tied with red Ribbon || Sweetgrass should always be handled with care and
 * Buffalo Hide || [[image:fnmi-kits/hide.jpg]] || 1 small bison robe || Children should remove their shoes before sitting on
 * Pipe Stone || [[image:fnmi-kits/pipestone.jpg]] || 1 piece of pre-cut red pipestone || For the most part pipes are sacred. Therefore we do
 * Monograph || [[image:fnmi-kits/book.jpg]] || 1 text Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains by Terry Willard Wild Rose College of Healing Ltd, 1992 2003 7th printing || This text can be used in many different ways. Students
 * Tin Box || [[image:fnmi-kits/IMG_0864.JPG width="187" height="124"]] || 1 tin box with dried Wild Mint || Students should consult the included text to see how
 * White Cotton gloves || [[image:fnmi-kits/gloves.jpg width="243" height="166" align="center" caption="white gloves"]] || White cotton gloves for handling objects
 * safe zones || [[image:fnmi-kits/safe_zones.jpg]] || 22 Safe zones || Museum terminalogy for these items is "safe zones".
 * Maul || [[image:fnmi-kits/maul.jpg]] || 1 maul reddish wrapped in large pink bubble wrap || This is a heavy object. Always apply the 2 handed
 * Flint Knapping Pouch || [[image:fnmi-kits/flint_knapping.jpg]] || 1 commercial tanned pouch with a rock, pointed antler horn, thick leather square for knee or thigh protection, for flint napping and some flint pieces in a plastic bag || Flint knapping is an ancient method of making stone tools
 * Bison Horn || [[image:fnmi-kits/horn.jpg]] || 1 bison horn polished || Buffalo provided Aboriginal people many useful tools.
 * Flesher || [[image:fnmi-kits/flesher.jpg]] || 1 bone flesher || Bison bones
 * Sewing Pouch || [[image:fnmi-kits/sewing.jpg]] || 1 pouch with a bone sewing needle, sinew, flat rock, bone sewing needle, 1 awl, sewing kit, sinew is fragile handle with care || The Sewing pouch contains an awl which was used to create the holes in the leather by first putting the leather on the flat rock then using the awl to puncture holes into the leather to put the sinew through ||
 * Stone Chips || [[image:fnmi-kits/rock_chips.jpg]] || Plastic bag with stone chips || Stone chips found in an archaeological site could be evidence of stone tool making by the people living there
 * Comb || [[image:fnmi-kits/comb.jpg]] || 1 bone comb || [|Bone Tools] ||
 * Tin Cones || [[image:fnmi-kits/tin_cones.jpg]] || 7 tin cones for a jingle dress || [|Jingle Dress Background]
 * Moccasins || [[image:fnmi-kits/moccasin.jpg]] || 1 pair of home tanned moccasins decorated blue black and orange beads || [|Stories of Footwear in Early Canada]
 * Fox Skin || [[image:fnmi-kits/fox.jpg]] || 1 fox skin || Fox skins among other skins we’re use for making things such as clothing and blankets and even today they are still being used for many things and are worth 20-25$ depending on what kind of fur it is and how many foxes are populating the area as prices may be heighted to encourage hunting of the foxes ||
 * Ermineskin || [[image:fnmi-kits/erminskin.jpg]] || 1 ermine skin fragile handle with care || Their fur was prized by Native Americans and European
 * Buffalo Beads || [[image:fnmi-kits/b_beads.jpg]] || 24 red buffalo beads ||  ||
 * Cowrie Shells || [[image:fnmi-kits/cowrie.jpg]] || 51 purple top cowrie shells ||  ||
 * Porcupine Quills || [[image:fnmi-kits/quills.jpg]] || Closed vile of 10 porcupine quills || Porcupine quills were mainly used for sewing
 * Turquoise Stones || [[image:fnmi-kits/turquoise_stones.jpg]] || 10 small turquoise stones ||  ||
 * Dentalium Shells || [[image:fnmi-kits/dent_shells.jpg]] || 10 dentalium shells || [|Uses]
 * Pearl Discs || [[image:fnmi-kits/pearl.jpg]] || 2 mother of pearl discs ||  ||
 * Elk Teeth || [[image:fnmi-kits/teeth.jpg]] || 5 elk teeth || [|Elk tooth dress]
 * Tobacco Twist || [[image:fnmi-kits/twist.jpg]] || 1 tobacco twist || Not all First Nations used tobbaco for traditional purposes
 * Kinnikinnick Tobacco || [[image:fnmi-kits/kinickinick.jpg]] || 1 pouch kinnikinick tobacco mixture see plant book || [|About Kinnikinnick] ||
 * Buffalo Tail || [[image:fnmi-kits/b_tail.jpg]] || 1 buffalo tail || Used as fly swatters and as water switch in sweats ||
 * Fletched Arrow || [[image:fnmi-kits/arrow.jpg]] || 1 mounted fletched arrow with stone tipped, sinew ties and glue binding || Used as a weapon for hunting
 * Cattail Doll || [[image:fnmi-kits/doll.jpg width="141" height="131"]] || 1 doll made from cattails � fragile || [|Cattail Doll]
 * Sphagnum Moss || [[image:fnmi-kits/moss.jpg width="156" height="104"]] || 1 small bag of moss sphagnum || Elder Agnes Alphonse talks about our drinking water and she says when you look at any lake now with the exception of the many fresh lakes in the northern part of the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan, you don't think about drinking the water- its not good. Today there is so much waste and garbage. She says that she raised all of her children using the moss bag, and we did not need modern diapers that cause pollution. It was a difficult life to live but we were happy and healthy because the children were dry and smelled like the earth, moss has many healing elements that do not cause irritation or diaper rash. The woman would gather caribou hide bags full of moss before freeze up and clean it out until there were no twigs or minor irritations to the skin and then it was stored. Moss can be returned back to the earth; it could be thrown away and it would degrade naturally. The Dene people of the past had many remedies for natural ills such as sunstroke, rashes, and so forth, there were medicine men that specialized in these areas. They knew what to look for on the earth when they search for healing herbs and plants. Today we do not know anything about the land that we live on.
 * Bladder || [[image:fnmi-kits/bladder..jpg width="153" height="113"]] || 1 bladder || [|Gifts of the Buffalo] ||
 * Hand Drum and Stick || [[image:fnmi-kits/drum_and_stick.jpg width="132" height="166"]] || 1 hand drum and drumstick || [|Round Dance with Drums]
 * Arrorheads || [[image:fnmi-kits/arrowheads.jpg width="191" height="140"]] || 2 arrowheads || [|Obsidian Arrow Head]
 * Moss Bag || [[image:fnmi-kits/IMG_0867.JPG width="198" height="129"]] || 1 moss bag || [|Moss Bag Facts] ||
 * Rabbit Fur Mits || [[image:fnmi-kits/IMG_0865.JPG width="229" height="156"]] || 1 Pair
 * Sacred Pipe Ceremony || [|Elder's Voices] ||  ||   ||