This kit consists of 1 container of artifacts, 1 container of resources based on the universal 12 themes and a book bag.
Item AR14: Gourd: Medium sized gourd. Used for holding water, grain: Useful to demonstrate storage techniques/ using something natural.
AR 6: Medium Two-Sided Drum. made of felt and cardboard: Useful to demonstrate music/art/ how they stretched animal skin
AR 9: Bone and bell shaker: Carved and painted: Would be useful for demonstrating Native American Rituals/Dances/ Art, also useful how Native Americans used nature to created tools and objects of importance in their culture.
AR 5: Carved feather in cottonwood: Useful to teach art and significant of nature in culture: They had time to make art, demonstrates a thriving society.
AR 15 (2): Dream Catcher: Useful to show spiritual beliefs. Useful to teach about cultural/ and spiritual connections to natural world/ Also shows artistic design using items from the world around them.
AR 18: Small Drum Shaker: Wrapped with animal hide and leather band: Useful for demonstrating spiritual/ rituals/ Art.
AR 19: Miniature Drum: Useful for demonstrating art.
AR 11: Arrowheads: collection of arrowheads, some broken, made from various types of stone/ glass obsidian: Useful for demonstrating hunting techniques and tool making.
AR 4: Native American Doll: Useful for teaching cultural beliefs and thriving society.
AR 20: Sage/ Medicine/ Vapor: Useful to demonstrate spiritual beliefs/ supernatural beliefs/ and medicinal practices.
AR 13: Beads and Porcupine Quills Earring (broken): Useful to demonstrate cultural style, using natural world around them to create art and fashion.
AR 22: Small Clay Corn Bowl: Useful for maybe grinding herbs and grain.
AR 24: Doll/ Winter: showing use of animal skin for protection from the elements.
AR 16: Native American Blanket (Replica): Northern Cheyenne and Crow Tribes: Useful for demonstrating cultural art native to the region.
AR 8: Letter from Labre School, Native American School. Includes packets of seeds; corn, beans, and squash. Tells spiritual story of cycle of life of seeds as "three sisters".
AR 12: Replica Moccasins (miniature): Doll sized Native American Sioux moccasins, leather and beads.
Aric Miller and Brian Robinson
