2011 Primative Skills Festival
Bois D’ Arc Primitive Skills Camp and Knap-In
Hulston Mill Historic Park
September 22 – 25, 2011
Dedicated to the research, practice and teaching of stone-age wilderness wisdom and life skills.Held at the beautiful Hulston Mill Historic Park, near Greenfield Missouri. Directions: From Springfield, take U.S. 160 approximately 30 miles west (approx. 20 mi past Bois D’ Arc Conservation area, 7 miles east of Greenfield) to EE, turn right, follow signs to the Mill. The Knap-In and Vendor Row starts Thursday and is free to the public. Workshops start Friday at 9 a.m. Some of the finest primitive skills instructors in the midwest will be teaching the workshops on the following subjects:
- Friction Fire
- Flintknapping
- Rivercane Flutes
- Basketry and Pottery
- Deadfall Traps
- Pine Pitch and Hide Glue
- Pump Drills
- Bow and Arrow Construction
- Atlatl Construction
- Bone Tools
- Tracking and Trailing
- Primitive First Aid
- Bowls & Containers
- Knife Sharpening
- Primitive Cooking
- Braintan Buckskin Hide Tanning
- Buckskin Moccasins
- Cordage & Netting
- Shelter
- Rivercane Blowguns
- Edible, Medical Useful Plant Identification
Evening Programs:
- Nightwalking
- Stories & Singing by Mescalero Apache John Hernandez
- String and Didgeredoo Music
- Drum Circle









