SUNDAY, October 13th, 2024
8:00 AM Bow Shoot – Bring your wooden/fiberglass traditional bows, flu-flu arrows, or arrows with judo and/or rubber blunts & a handful of target arrows, as we shoot balloons, roll an inner tube, & toss aerial targets. Meet at the main kiosk for this shoot inspired by Dr. Errett Callahan’s book on roving.
10 AM-1PM Indigenous Cooking – Ranger Laura Page – Find out how to make nutritional tortillas using only two ingredients – Corn kernels and Calcium Hydroxide. Learn the ancient process of “Nixtamalization,” and discover why it is important. Laura will be cooking on a traditional Mexican Clay Comal, in clay pots, and on a green stick grill over an open flame.
10 AM-1 PM Naturalist Mimi Knuth – Clay Coils, Pinch Pots and Fish Prints with Red Ochre – Learn the basics of Indigenous Pottery, then build your own pot with traditional tools. Print a fish on a shirt (bring your own white shirt), or on our paper using our native pigments.
10AM -1PM Safety Officers Abe Yoffe, Stan Lapinski, & Kiana Ritter will supervise bow and arrow shooting for families, adults and children.