NativeTech
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NativeTech is an educational website devoted to Native American technology and art. The producer, Tara Prindle, provides “simple instructional information about how some of these materials are used by Natives” and “detailed background on the history, development, changes and continuities in Native technologies from pre-contact to the present.” Articles include Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, and Weaving & Cordage. Special features explore Games & Toys, Food & Recipes, and Poetry & Stories. A Virtual Woodland Tour looks at the daily life of a Native American circa 1550 with information about building a wigwam, making stone tools, picking cherries for bread, and more. Also find links to related resources and news articles in the media.
