Red Willow's Instructors
Don Brink has worked as an Interpretive Naturalist in Missouri for Roaring River State Park, and the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. He also is an advisor for an Explorer Post sponsored by Bass Pro Shops, and currently works as an outdoor specialist for C-Star, a youth outdoor program.
Bo Brown has been a professional wildlife field biologist since 1985, and is currently Associate Director with Ozark Center for Wildlife Research. He is also an instructor at several skills gatherings around the country: (Rabbitstick - Idaho, Wintercount - Arizona, and Ernest Wilkinson's Skills Camp - Colorado.)
Don and Bo started backpacking together in the late 70's when they met tribal chief and medicine man Jim Fire Eagle, and started on their path of learning ancient wilderness skills . Both are professional musicians, and work part-time on archaeological digs in the Ozarks area. They dedicate Red Willow to the memory of their friend and mentor, Chief Fire Eagle.
Don and Bo at the wickiup at Red Willow Camp, one of the tipi lodges in the background.
Chief Jim Fire Eagle, knapping points at
Silver Dollar City. Some of his work can be found in the Smithsonian Institute.
Lynx
Primitive Skills Pages
Friends and Local Pages
Roadkill's Page of Primitive Skills Gatherings
(Lots of pics from gatherings around the country)
A couple of pics from the '98 Bois D' Arc Rendezvous
Jim Spears has a rapt audience as he demonstrates the finer points of percussion flaking with antler billets.
These folks turned out some real nice flutes in Curt's rivercane flute workshop.
