Chief Ten Bears
Little House of Hugs Daycare
During the fall months, and especially around Thanksgiving. I go to daycares and schools and give a presentation on Native Americans. I go by the name of “Chief Ten Bears!” My mother is from Canada, and her great grandmother was a Cree Indian. The linage gets pretty watered down by the time it gets to me, but it may explain my love for hunting and the outdoors experience. Most of what I bring with me to “show and tell” is a reproduction that I have made ie. quivers, arrows, pipes, lances, tomahawks, talking sticks, and various decorative items. I always bring my collection of animal hides including deer, beaver, rabbit, fox, mink, skunk, and wolf. I have a lot of fun with the skunk, but the hide from a 150 pound Quebec wolf, always impresses the kids. It’s a hands on experience for them, Arrowheads, bearclaw necklaces, trade beads, leather pouches. Bowie knives, and water containers (dried out gourds,) a deer hide shirt, and a full head-dress round out my display.
I try to teach them a few Indian words during my presentation, and never have a problem keeping their attention. I talk about hunting, and the importance it has always played in our history as a nation. Over the last week and a half I have had the honor to give four demonstrations to boys and girls from various backgrounds. Hopefully I am planting some good seed that will help strengthen this nations outdoor/hunting traditions.
Mike Meadow Montessori Preschool
November 26th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Mike,
I truly commend you for doing that. That is awesome and I’m sure the kids absolutely love it. Hopefully it “plants the seed” in a few of them and stirs their inner hunter!
November 26th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
I think this is such a great thing to be doing. These kids will remember your visit for a long time. Plus, as Arthur said, it could help influence some of those kids to get interested in the outdoors. Plus, at a time when so much of what kids learn in school is biased in favor of anti-hunting messages, it is great to see a positive, pro-hunting message being offered.