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A wolf hide  being worn to demonstrate
one style of hunting method.
Games at Heller
Nature Center
I have made fire!
Even I get shocked
once in a while.
"Out and About"- Photo Journal
Engaging stories just
require you to emote.....
My personal favorite taken
at Heller Nature Center.
Ingleside, IL
Summer 2007
Leather making is a long process
involving much scraping and softening.
Tipi at
sunset.
Spirit of the Eagle Presentations
Wow!
Some animal skins contained
stories done in pictures.
Interior of
20 foot tipi
Family shots at the last I &
M canal Days 2005.
Always a neat view.  Looking up at
the lacing pins up the front of the tipi.
Often I get to camp out at events
and enjoy a small fire inside.
Questions are a major part
of any program.  
The tipi is shown with a portion of the
cover pulled up to allow air to flow inside.
Buffalo bladders as useful parts of
the animal from water containers,
toys and porcupine quill bags.
Discussion of tipi etiquette
before entering.
Courting flutes were played to allow
young girls of boys interest in them.
I & M canal
days 2005
Talking on a
beautiful Sept. day.
Answering questions in
Darien (Painted buffalo hide
in background)
Traditionally, the
stomach of buffalo was
used for cooking and as
a water container.
To set up a tipi, start
with three poles......
Storytelling hide
Showing the other side of
Lakota fashion styles.
Mom and Me Event,  
Big Rock, IL 2007
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South Side of lodge
What an evil look....
Yes, it is a real stomach.
Achoo!
I am not yelling at them!
The family that Camps together stays together.
Sepia toned photo
Warm Tipi glow.
I can do it again, if I wanted to.
Catch him!
Nice hat
Hunting Fishing Days
2007 Yorkville, IL
Dolls were a large influence in the
educations of young ladies.  Many
life lessons can be learned by creating
and playing with them.
Or maybe not.
16 foot tipi  side view with
cover and inside ozan liner
folded to view inside
Buffalo rib bone sled
or is it?
16 foot tipi New
Lennox, IL
Rear view of 16 foot
tipi with porcupine
quillwork  decorations
Buffalo skeletal anatomy taken
Havre, Montana Spring 2007
I feel a migraine
coming on...
Richmond, IL Indoor
Tipi presentation
Open Air viewing
Classic Jon and Ray
Taking a break
Trickster Tales
in Plainfield, IL
Tri-Valley Elementary
Fall 2007
Ray and Hidalgo, at their first event.
Nelson Prairie School
Sept. 07
Little man big chair
Big man little chair
Can we go in Yet?
New Spirit of the Eagle Staff in Training
at Hunting and Fishing days 2007
Pack 10 Hinsdale
Working with the scouts
Working with the Scouts
Scoutorama 2008 Yorkville, IL
Chicago Area Council BSA
Danville, IL 2008
Spending a few minutes with a new friend
Buffalo leg bones
Homer Glen Days 2008
Lounging on in the Sun
Paul Kelly around camp
Kayla and Tracy
Hunting and Fishing days particpants 2008 at the feast.
Hunting and Fishing
2008
Abraham Lincoln
School 2008
Its a tipi! Yes Ray, we know that!
New Friends at Nationals
Alva, Jon and Kayla at Nationals
National Powwow 2008
Danville, IL
John Skenandore and Jon
Carole and Dakota, How cute!
Staying out of the Rain and the Sun proved to be a challenge.
Summer Powwow Season 2008
Family, Dancing, and Some Rain
To Boot!
Playing the Flute
Porcupine hide
Mokena IL 2008 Ten years
and going strong!
Wouldn't matches be easier?
What can I say about these horns?
Sledding anyone?
Ouch!
Bladder containers
Disassembly
of tipi
It all starts by Pulling the lacing pins.
Then, rolling up the cover,
North side rolled, on to the South.
Rolling the South side, almost done.
Dropping the cover is the hardest part if you ask me.
Poles coming down one by one.
Last but not least, dropping the tripod on another year in Mokena.
Wet Scraping a
buffalo Skin (Doing it
OLD SCHOOL)
Crest Hill Library 2008