Rate This Article Making Horn Utensils © 2012 Crazy Crow Trading Post Making Horn Utensils © 2012 Crazy Crow Trading Post Like peoples across the world, Native Americans had needs for basic utensils, and, as was their custom, they turned to nature for materials. In those [read more]
Rate This Article Making Horn Cups Crazy Crow Craft Focus By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ March 10, 2013 Making Horn Cups Crazy Crow Craft Focus By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ March 10, 2013 Traditional Horn Cups A common item on the early frontier was the horn [read more]
Rate This Article How to Use a Sundial Compass Crazy Crow Craft Focus © 2013 Crazy Crow Trading Post How to Use a Sundial Compas Crazy Crow Craft Focus © 2013 Crazy Crow Trading Post The compass and the sundial are two completely different instruments which were [read more]
Rate This Article 2015 National Muzzleloading Rifle Association Western Kentucky University Seminar & Workshop Photo Credit: Simon A. Eugster, Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Pennsylvania Flintlock Rifle c1810–15 2015 National Muzzleloading Rifle Association Western Kentucky University Seminar & Workshop Credit Above Photo: Simon A. Eugster, [read more]
Rate This Article Mountain Man Rendezvous Clothing & Accessories for Beginners Getting Dressed Up for Your First Mountain Man Rendezvous! Mountain Man Rendezvous Clothing & Accessories for Beginners Getting Dressed Up for Your First Mountain Man Rendezvous! When getting started in Buckskinning and Mountain Man Era reenactment for [read more]
Rate This Article Native American Dance Shawls By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 8, 2014 Credit Above Photo: Tony Alter from Newport News, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Native American Dance Shawls By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 8, 2014 Credit Above Photo: Tony [read more]
Rate This Article Seed Beads & Pony Beads - Mix or Match? By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ December 2006 Photo Credit: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Blackfeet or Lakota storage bags ca 1875-1885 Seed Beads & Pony Beads - Mix or [read more]
Rate This Article Selecting the Right Needles & Thread for Your Craft Project By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 20, 2011 Selecting the Right Needles & Thread for Your Craft Project By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 20, 2011 Needles & Thread for BeadingNeedle sizes [read more]
Rate This Article American Indian Trade Blankets The Rise of Pendleton Woolen Mills as the Primary Trade Blanket of Contemporary Native Americans Credit Above Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons American Indian Trade Blankets The Rise of Pendleton Woolen Mills as the Primary Trade [read more]
Throughout the period of the “Indian trade” in America, there were a number of both manufacturers and distributors of point blankets over the years. English made blankets were marketed by many different firms, including T. Eaton’s; Early’s of Witney; BCW; Globe; Gault’s; Mackay, Smith, Blair & Co. (Vancouver); Push, Tact & Principle; Simpsons; Hudson Bay Company as well as several others.
