*Minor changes may occur due to unexpected, last-minute instructor unavailability, and other unforeseen events*
This is the preliminary schedule. There are still a few items to be added as planning is finalized.
2025 Schedule
Wednesday
2 PM - 7 PM Arrival
7:30 PM Cacao Welcome Ceremony with Kelly Farris
Thursday
Activities and Demonstrations (more coming soon!)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Complimentary Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM -11:30 AM
Primitive Pottery with Emma Markowitz & Laura Wolfer
Felted Soap with Marie Somers
Fletching Arrows Demo with Arthur Haines
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Wild Minds in the World Talk with Mike Douglas
Shelter Demo with Cheeny Plante
Kid's Camp:
Wildlife Bingo with Leah Dunwoody
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Atlatl Talk & Demo with Bob Berg
One Strike Flint Knapped Tools with Robin Blankenship
3:00 PM
Barter Faire
Tracking (humans) for Search and Rescue with Colby Leighton
5:00 PM Dinner (sandwiches for sale or bring your own)
6:00 PM Archery Competition with Tim Swanson ($20 to enter, winner takes half of the total. Other prizes will be awarded.)
7:00 PM
Instructor Introductions
Class Sign Ups
Evening
Primitive Sauna with Tom Turck
Men's Triangle with Arthur Haines
Friday
7:00 AM Before Breakfast
Yoga with Tara Ingalls
8:00 AM Breakfast
All Day Classes
Animal Processing
Pack Baskets with Jes Steele $75 materials fee
Tumpline, Sash & Band Weaving with Robin Blankenship $15 materials fee
Birch Bark Baskets with Barry Keegan $25 materials fee
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fish Skin Tanning with Thabani Ndlovu $20 materials fee
Soap Making with Marie Somers $40 materials fee
Natural Dyeing with Maggie Ruth Haaland
Fishing Hand Reel Carving with Tim Swanson
Cobwebber Brooms with Hannah Mitchell $15-30 materials fee
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Traditional Tracking with Mike Dube
Coin Rings with Bob Berg
Homeschooling with Kitty Michelotti
Knots with Cheeny Plante
Kid's Camp:
Map & Compass/Navigation with Carrie McMillen
Flower Pounding with Jillian Megaro
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Friction Fire with Nick Spadaro & Anthony Pono
A Soldier's Rations with Kevin Bouck
Drumming Class with William Ruiz
Kid's Camp:
Paracord Bracelets with Gaianne Dube
Herbal Lip Balm with Krystle Bouck
12:00 PM Lunch (bring your own)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM After Lunch
Axe Throwing Competition
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Medicinal Teas & Herbal Extracts with Grace Krupkowski $20 materials fee
Creative Mending with Susan Theberge
Campfire Cookery with Kevin Bouck
Flint Tools with Bob Berg variable materials fee
Wool Witchery with Aileen Peterson
Carving Wooden Animals with Emma Markowitz kids welcome too!
Melon Baskets with Doug Householder
Tracking Woods Walk with Andy Dobos
Kid's Camp:
Shelter Building with Ryan Johns
Teen Intro to Survival with Emma Markowitz
5:00 PM Potluck Dinner
6:30 PM and on: Evening Activities
Native Story Telling with Mike Dube
Women's Circle with Kelly Fariss
Primitive Sauna with Tom Turck
Saturday
7:00 AM Before Breakfast
Yoga with Tara Ingalls
8:00 AM Breakfast
All Day Classes
Animal Processing, cont.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mindfulness Walk with Sarah White
Women's Friction Fire with Robin Blankenship
Forest Feast with Justin Pegnataro
Mushroom Walk with John Michelotti
Primitive Fire: Fire Saw with Barry Keegan $5 materials fee
Kid's Camp:
Kid's Archery Contest with Kevin Bouck
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Cordage (Fishing Handline, cont.) with Tim Swanson
Bear Fat Workshop with Aileen Peterson
Herb Walk with Grace Krupkowski
Kid's Camp:
Needle Felting with Jillian Megaro
Beaded Bracelets with Gaianne Dube
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Botanical Drawing with Jackie Ryan
Knots with Cheeny Plante
Drumming Class with William Ruiz
Combatives with Arthur Haines
Kid's Camp:
Trigger Trap Carving with Tom Shealy
Kid's Forest Walk with Tim Swanson
12:00 PM Lunch (bring your own)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Kid's Trade Blanket with Tim Swanson
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sinew Thread & Buckskin Pouches with Robin Blankenship
Acorn Processing with Arthur Haines
Broom Making, Full Size with Hannah Mitchell $30-$60 materials fee
Stalking & Camouflage with Colby Smith
Sour Dough with Sarah White
Wild Fibers with Hannah Rhea
Black Powder Rifle with Kevin Bouck
Pine Needle Basketry with Ansley Roberts $15 materials fee
Kid's Camp:
Fire Making & Ash Cakes with Ryan Johns
5:00 PM Dinner
6:15 PM and on: Evening Activities
Raffle
Trade Blanket with Tim Swanson
Drum Circle with William Ruiz
Primitive Sauna with Tom Turck
Sunday
7:00 AM Before Breakfast
Yoga with Tara Ingalls
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fish Skin Tanning, Cont. with Thabani Ndlovu
Primitive Cooking with Hannah Rhea
Shelter Principles with Colby Smith
Archery Woods Walk with Arthur Haines
Primitive Fire: Fire Plow with Barry Keegan $5 materials fee
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Intro to Ham Radio with Nate Glaser
Bone Hooks (Fishing Handline, cont.) with Tim Swanson
Mead Making with Anthony Pono
Kid's Camp:
Trigger Trap Carving with Tom Shealy
Rock Painting with Leah Dunwoody
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Melon Baskets, Cont. with Doug Householder
Bamboo Atlatl Darts with Bob Berg
Kid's Camp:
Mushroom Walk with John Michelotti
TBA
12:00 PM Closing Circle
12:15 PM Lunch (bring your own)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Finish Projects
Pack Up
Say Goodbye Till Next Year!