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Offline IronBull

RE: Native Indian Re-enacting
« on: January 17, 2009, 12:16:17 AM »
Hello, I have been tossing around the idea of a persona of woodland indian. I am 3/4 Native American Indian. One problem I have is the other,European blood has left me with no hair up top for a scalp lock. Also I have already forked out some dough for a wedge tent, was wondering if there is a way to make the tent look like a Indian shelter, mabye some pics or websites showing such would help, or any ideas.
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2009, 10:34:09 AM »
well the first thing i would ask is what time fraim and people  and location .
 the hair is no problem . even the wedge depending on the time fraim , isnt a real problem , just leave the ends open .
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Offline Eric S Campbell

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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2009, 11:49:48 AM »
I can only echo what Captchee has already said.

Have you decided on a place and location?

After that, research, research, and research.

You can buy a prosthetic scalp lock.

Then research some more lol.

I could help more if I knew a location and time.
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Offline Pichou

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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2009, 02:08:28 PM »
Scalp locks can be on the back of the head.

Wedge tents are known.

You Ojibwe or Odawa?  French?  Got any Roy, Campion, Lavallée kin?


Lucas Roy, originally from Detroit.
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2009, 09:53:51 AM »
Well I am Apache, Choctaw from my fathers side, and Chippewa and German from my mothers side. I was looking at French and Indian war time period. The wedge tent has only one opening!
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2009, 02:27:21 PM »
Where were you looking to play?  You probably don't have to go it alone, so you won't need the Indian style shelter to begin with no?  You can always roll up in a couple of blankets by the fire if the night is dry.  

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Offline IronBull

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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2009, 04:39:35 PM »
Well the one rendezvous we have been attending and camping is not a judged event, which is really helpfull to us who are really just beginning. Ive invested some what into camp items, but nothing really of one persona type if you will. I would like to go native as I said, in my blood. So really just looking for advice, ideas. Want to be p.c as possible, this I know will take time, research,research, and more research. Looking maybe to be close to my Chippewa roots, I do believe they were heavily involved with the French and Indian war time period.
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2009, 06:26:37 PM »
You bet we were!   :shake
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2009, 06:37:23 PM »
Well one would be the shelter, were wedge's around during French and Indian war time period, I dont believe the native's would have used these, but I am thinkin mabye if I change the pole's to more natural pole's and on the oustside instead of inside may work, opinions greatly appreciated!!!!
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2009, 10:41:25 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2009, 04:41:12 PM »
well persay a wedge shaped  shelter ? i seem to recall some paintings  with  such items in them from that period .
as to canvas ?
a lean to would probably be more corrects  but  were there not discriptions of  americian indians peoples using  sail cloth  for shelters while camping around the forts ???
 frankly Pichou or Eric could probably give better  substanciated documentation to that
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Offline Pichou

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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2009, 09:01:34 PM »
There was a mention of Natives using canvas tents in the F&I or Rev. War on campaign with the Brits.  Not a big deal.  Easier than lugging cattail mats and birch bark rolls everywhere, and cutting trees at every campsite.   ;)
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2009, 06:37:05 PM »
Well I have read a few if you say rules at some clubs web-sites for rendezvous and re-enactment's on shelter's/tents. The common one I have seen is that no tipi's for Eastern Woodland natives as there is no documentation of those east of the Mississippi.
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« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2009, 12:09:41 PM »
There were no rendezvous east of the Mississippi, except at Grand Portage and Ft. William (Thunder Bay, ON).  ;)
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2009, 08:33:44 PM »
What I think they meant is no Tipi's at their rendezvous/re-enactments due to the no Tipi's east of the Mississippi.
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