BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOPS WITH CHARLES KENNARD
Sunday Basket Series - February 7, March 6, April 10, May 15, 2016
Coiled Straw Basket - April 3, 2016
Willow Winnowing Basket - April 9, 2016
These are classes for adults and teens; beginning and experienced weavers are welcome.
Access the PDF file BasketWorkshops_2016.pdf for registration information and details about the workshops.
Contact Charles Kennard at charleskennard@comcast.net for more information.
WINTER COUNT
This premier event focuses on primitive technology. The Winter Count gathering has a varitety of workshops that will be familiar and will also introduce you to many new and different formats, skills and personalities. Experienced instructors, with diverse primitive skills, will teach you how to brain tan deer hide, create pottery, learn fire-by-friction methods, ply cordage and many other utilitarian skills.
Date: February 14 - 20, 2016
Location: Maricopa, Arizona
For info & registration: Contact Backtracks at http://backtracks.net/RSWC.html
CALIFORNIA KNAPPERS
Join us for a day of flintknapping. The knapping get-together is open to novice, intermediate and advanced knappers. Anyone who is interested in the skill of making stone tools is more than welcome. Come and work on your lithic project or practice the art of flintknapping and learn practical advice from fellow knappers.
Date: February 28, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Beard Staging Area, Fremont, CA
Beard Staging Area is along the Alameda Creek Regional Trail in Fremont. Parking is free.
Access the California Knappers webpage for more information and directions: California Knappers
OHLONE VILLAGE SITE TOUR
Learn about Ohlone cultures as we tour a diorama of village life at the Visitor Center. Walk to a 2,200-year-old Tuibun Ohlone village site in the park, see replicated structures and examine reproductions of artifacts. Along the trail, we’ll identify plants that provided food, medicine and tools for the first people of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Date: March 13, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm & 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Naturalist: Dino Labiste
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Coyote Hills Visitor Center at 10:00 am and 1:30 pm.
No registration, drop-in, for information call (510) 544-3215 or (510) 544-3220.
WILD EDIBLES AND PLANT USES HIKE
The Ohlone Peoples and European settlers gathered wild plants for food, medicine and tools. Identify edible plants on a springtime hike. Gather Miner’s lettuce for a tasty salad, process Manzanita cider, snack on Black Walnut and sample other savory wild foods.
Date: March 20, 2016
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Min/max Age: 18-yrs-old and older
Location: Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park, 1320 Garin Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544
Meet at the Garin Barn Visitor Center (red barn).
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
SKILLS OF THE PAST: FIRE MAKING
Ever wondered how fire was created before matches or a lighter? Unravel the secrets of fire-by-friction, fire-by-percussion and fire-by-compression. Discover the various fire making techniques around the world to produce a glowing ember. We'll practice our fire making skills through hands-on activities and demonstrations.
Date: March 27, 2016
Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 16-yrs-old (parent participation required) / Adult
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road,
Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center.
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
SKILLS OF THE PAST: CORDAGE MAKING
The ability to twist, twine or braid fibers into cordage allowed indigenous cultures to tie their world together. Learn the various techniques of gathering, preparation, extracting and plying of plant materials to create cordage. Practice the efficient method of leg rolling dogbane fibers.
Date: March 27, 2016
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 9-yrs-old (parent participation required) / Adult
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road,
Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center.
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
SKILLS OF THE PAST: ATLATL THROWERS
Before the bow and arrow there was the atlatl, or dart-thrower, a prehistoric hunting tool that could cast a dart (or spear) with enough force to penetrate a mammoh's hide. Learn about the ancient atlatl and watch a demonstration on how to create a Paleolithic stone point. Try your skill at hitting a target with an atlatl dart. Come and participate in the atlatl contest. Stone points will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
Date: April 2, 2016
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Naturalist: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 8-yrs-old (parent participation required) / Adult
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road,
Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center at 1:30 pm. The atlatl activity will be located at the Hoot Hollow picnic area..
No registration, drop-in, for information call (510) 544-3215 or (510) 544-3220.
CALIFORNIA KNAPPERS
Join us for a day of flintknapping. The knapping get-together is open to novice, intermediate and advanced knappers. Anyone who is interested in the skill of making stone tools is more than welcome. Come and work on your lithic project, meet new friends and practice the art of flintknapping. Learn practical advice from fellow knappers.
Date: April 24, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Beard Staging Area, Fremont, CA
Beard Staging Area is along the Alameda Creek Regional Trail in Fremont. Parking is free.
Access the California Knappers webpage for more information and directions: California Knappers
SKILLS OF THE PAST: WILLOW BASKET
Willow was used by California Natives for various utilitarian baskets. What makes this versatile plant of the wetlands so unique? Learn more as we create a traditional style basket from whole shoot willow.
"Even the simplest basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family."
Date: April 30, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Fee: $35 ($39 for non-resident of Contra Costa and Alameda Counties) + $5.00 parking fee/vehicle
Min/max Age: 18-yrs-old and older
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road,
Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center.
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
BUCKEYE GATHERING
Ancestral Arts & Primitive Living Skills
The gathering is an educational event that will consist of teachers hosting classes ongoing for five days, on a variety of topics including: hand-drill fire making, plant fiber cordage, stone tools, buckskin, basket weaving, nature awareness, pottery, local flora and fauna identification, food preparation (acorns!), primitive weapons including bows and arrows, fiber arts, herbalism, shelter building, and storytelling. We are excited to have local Native American involvement in both the planning process and the event itself. We will encourage a family-oriented, all-ages event and will emphasize skills and materials indigenous to California, while welcoming students and instructors from all over the map. There will be activities interspersed throughout the week such as a marketplace, panel discussion, and dance night. We will provide breakfast and dinner. Participant camping will consist of cars, tents, tipis, and trailers.
Date: May 1 – May 7, 2016
Fee: Access http://buckeyegathering.net for fee prices.
Location: Lake Concow Campground, Butte Co., CA
Contact califorigin@gmail.com for more information.
BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOPS WITH CHARLES KENNARD
Twining with Rush (Juncus) - May 7, 2016
Sunday Basket Series - June 5, July 10, August 7, September 11, 2016
Twining with Rush (Juncus) and Tule - July 9
Whole Willow Shoot Twined Basket - July 17, 2016
Coiled Willow Basket - August 14, 2016
Paiute-Style Water Bottle - August 28, 2016
These are classes for adults and teens; beginning and experienced weavers are welcome.
Access the PDF file Basket Workshops 2_2016.pdf for registration information and details about the workshops.
Contact Charles Kennard at charleskennard@comcast.net for more information.
5 INDIGENOUS FIRE MAKING METHODS
Explore five different fire making techniques other than the hand drill and the bow drill. Learn how to create flames using the fire plow, fire saw, flint & marcasite, fire piston and the fire thong. There will also be fire demonstrations and hands-on activities with contemporary methods utilizing a soda can, plastic water bottle or cotton ball. Practice the fire roll. Join us for a day of pyro mania.
Date: May 22, 2016
Time: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Fee: $5.00
Location: Fremont, California
Registration Required: Contact Dino Labiste at kahikoarts@yahoo.com. Driving directions will be sent via e-mail.
PLEASANTON ROOTS FESTIVAL
The City of Pleasanton will host its first Pleasanton Roots Festival at Alviso Adobe Community Park. This event is also made possible by PrimitiveWays.
The public is invited to this free event. We will be featuring activity stations and presentations from two of the park’s time periods: the Ohlone and Californio. Alviso Adobe Community Park is excited to feature demonstrations by the experts at PrimitiveWays. The event will kick-off with the Native Four Directions Blessing. PrimitiveWays will then be leading our guests through the Ohlone time period with demonstrations such as cordage making, acorn soup processing & cooking, fire making, flintknapping, Ohlone style games and atlatl throwing.
Other activities will include Native syle jewelry making, horse & cow roping, candle making, and adobe brick making. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the event.
Date: June 11, 2016
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Alviso Adobe Community Park, 3465 Old Foothill Road, Pleasanton, CA
For more information, visit PleasantonAdobe.com or call (925) 931-3479
BERRY PICKING BASKET
Tule was used by California Natives for various utilitarian items, like mats, duck decoys, boats, houses, as well as baskets. The rhizomes were also eaten for food. Learn more about this multipurpose marsh plant as we create a berry picking basket from tule. Or you can twine a tule basket to cover your contemporary water bottle or container.
Participating in the tule gathering on June 12 is required to do the basket on June 26.
Date: June 12, 2016 - Gather Tule
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Date: June 26, 2016 - Make the Tule Basket
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 18-yrs-old and older
Fee: $15 ($17 for non-resident of Contra Costa and Alameda Counties) + $5.00 parking fee/vehicle
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road,
Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
OHLONE VILLAGE SITE TOUR
Meet at the Visitor Center and visit the Ohlone exhibits and displays. Then, we'll walk 1/4 of a mile through vibrant marsh habitat to a 2,200-year-old Ohlone village site. Along the trail, we’ll identify plants that provided food, medicine and tools for the Ohlone Peoples. Tour reconstructed structures, like a tule house, shade shelter, sweat house and a circular subterranean house. You'll also get the opportunity to examine reproductions of artifacts of the first people of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Date: June 12, 2016
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Naturalist: Dino Labiste
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Coyote Hills Visitor Center at 2:00 pm.
No registration, drop-in, for information call (510) 544-3215 or (510) 544-3220.
FATHER'S DAY ADVENTURE: FIRE MAKING
Learn how to start a fire without matches or lighters. Unravel the science behind how the bow drill produces an ember. Generate solar power to create a hot coal using an aluminum can or water bottle. Acquire the skill to build a safe and efficient campfire.
Date: June 19, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Naturalist: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 8-yrs-old (parent participation required) / Adult
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Parks, 1320 Garin Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544
Meet at the front entrance of the Garin Barn Visitor Center at 10:00. The fire making activities will be at one of the picnic tables in the immediate area near the back of the barn.
No registration, drop-in, for information call (510) 544-3215 or (510) 544-3220.
FATHER'S DAY ADVENTURE: ATLATL THROWERS
Join us for a day of Stone Age activity using a prehistoric dart thrower. Altatls were utilized by hunter/gatherer societies. Watch a demonstration on how to create a Paleolithic stone point. Try your skill at hitting a target with an atlatl dart. Join in on the atlatl contest and win a stone point.
Date: June 19, 2016
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Naturalist: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 8-yrs-old (parent participation required) / Adult
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Parks, 1320 Garin Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544
Meet at the front entrance of the Garin Barn Visitor Center at 1:30. The flintknapping demonstration will be at one of the picnic tables in the immediate area near the back of the barn. The atlatl activity will be located along the hillside behind the barn area.
No registration, drop-in, for information call (510) 544-3215 or (510) 544-3220.
CALIFORNIA KNAPPERS
Join us for a day of flintknapping. The knapping get-together is open to novice, intermediate and advanced knappers. Come and work on your lithic project and learn practical advice from fellow knappers.
Date: July 16, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Beard Staging Area, Fremont, CA
Beard Staging Area is along the Alameda Creek Regional Trail in Fremont. Parking is free.
Access the California Knappers webpage for more information and directions: California Knappers
COYOTE HILLS KNAP-IN
Join us for our 23rd annual gathering of flintknappers and observe how stone tools and arrowheads were made, or if you’re 16 or older, give it a try yourself! If you have tools and safety gear (eye protection, leather pads, etc.) bring them along. Otherwise, we usually have plenty to share.
Date: August 27 & 28, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm (both days)
Instructor: Ken Peek and Friends
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont, CA 94555
Camping will be available for knappers wanting to attend both days.
Contact Ken Peek for more information: (510) 537-1215
OHLONE VILLAGE SITE TOUR
Meet at the Visitor Center and visit the Ohlone exhibits and displays. Then, we'll walk 1/4 of a mile through vibrant marsh habitat to a 2,200-year-old Ohlone village site. Along the trail, we’ll identify plants that provided food, medicine and tools for the Ohlone Peoples. Tour reconstructed structures, like a tule house, shade shelter, sweat house and a circular subterranean house. You'll also get the opportunity to examine reproductions of artifacts of the first people of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Date: September 4, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm & 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Naturalist: Dino Labiste
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Coyote Hills Visitor Center at 10:00 am and 1:30 pm.
No registration, drop-in, for information call (510) 544-3215 or (510) 544-3220.
RABBITSTICK RENDEZVOUS
The Rabbitstick Rendezvous is a totally unique learning experience of various primitive technology and wilderness skills. This premier event focuses on hands-on classes that will introduce you to many new and varied formats, skills and personalities. Rabbitstick will provide you with an unparalleled chance to learn from both journeyman and master teachers. This gathering of experienced instructors and eager participants is made available to you from Backtracks. The Rabbitstick Rendezvous is one of the largest and oldest of the comtemporary primitive skills gatherings.
Date: September 11 - 17, 2016
Location: Rexburg, Idaho
For info & registration: Contact Backtracks at http://backtracks.net/RSWC.html
SKILLS OF THE PAST: FIRE MAKING
Ever wondered how fire was created before matches or a lighter? Unravel the secrets of fire-by-friction, fire-by-percussion and fire-by-compression. Discover the various fire making techniques around the world to produce a glowing ember. We'll practice our fire making skills through hands-on activities and demonstrations.
Date: September 18, 2016
Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 16-yrs-old (parent participation required) / Adult
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road,
Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center.
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
SKILLS OF THE PAST: CORDAGE MAKING
The ability to twist, twine or braid fibers into cordage allowed indigenous cultures to tie their world together. Learn the various techniques of gathering, preparation, extracting and plying of plant materials to create cordage. Practice the efficient method of leg rolling dogbane fibers.
Date: September 18, 2016
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Min/max Age: 9-yrs-old (parent participation required) / Adult
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road,
Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center.
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
7th ANNUAL STONE AGE OLYMPICS
Join us for a day of primitive technology contests and stone tool making demonstrations. Cast a prehistoric dart thrower called an atlatl, create fire by rubbing two sticks together, throw a rabbit stick, fling a bolas and participate in other age appropriate primeval activities. Watch skilled knappers transform rocks into functional tools. There will be an atlatl International Standard Accuracy Competition (ISAC) scheduled in the morning. The ISAC Competition will end at noon. Stop by, if you want to compete for ISAC scores. Plaques will be awarded for 1st place winners in the Men's Divison, the Women's Division and the Youth's Division.
Date: September 25, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Organizer: Dino Labiste
Fee: No fee for the event (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the Dairy Glen campground (8 minutes walk on the Bayview Trail towards the bay from the Old Quarry parking lot).
No registration, drop-in, for information call (510) 544-3215 or (510) 544-3220.
Open to the general public. The event is family-friendly.
SKILLS OF THE PAST: ACORN SOUP
Acorns were, and still are, a nutritious food of California Native Americans. Watch and participate in the techniques of acorn processing. Stone tools, as well as modern tools, will be used to shell, pound, leach and cook the acorns into a meal.
Date: October 15, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Fee: $5.00 ($7.00 for non-residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont, CA 94555
$5.00 parking fee/vehicle
Meet at the entrance of the Visitor Center.
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
SKILLS OF THE PAST: BASIC FLINTKNAPPING
Unearth the art of transforming a stone into a functional obsidian tool. Learn about prehistoric equipment, such as hammerstones, and use modern materials, like copper pressure flakers. Practice beginning skills to create a Stone Age microblade or shape an arrowhead.
Date: October 22, 2016
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Instructor: Dino Labiste
Fee: No fee for the program (only $5.00 parking fee/vehicle)
Location: Coyote Hills Regional Park, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont, CA 94555
Meet at the front entrance of the Visitor Center.
Registration Required: Call 1-888-327-2757, option 2
Contact Naturalist Dino Labiste for information: (510) 544-3215
GOURD / KNAPPING DAY AT THE PEEK'S
Ever wondered what’s involved in making those beautiful crafted gourds that you’ve seen in the gift shops? Or how arrowheads and stone tools were made? Well, here’s your chance to find out by trying your hand at either or both of these activities! Join us for an informal day of gourd-crafting and
flint-knapping, and bring along an item to share at the pot-luck lunch table. Hope you can join us!
Date: October 29, 2016
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Instructors: Ken & Elizabeth Peek and Friends
Fee: No fee for this program
Location: 27361 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, CA 94552
Contact Ken Peek for more information: (510) 537-1215
