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Native Winds has a schedule of in-store classes and activities which changes from month to month.  You can see our current offerings on our Events Calendar Page.  We can also travel to your location to teach craft classes and/or to give presentations at your school, community group or social gathering. Please call for rates for larger groups.

NOTE:  Students must register in advance for all classes.  This means that the tuition must be paid in full no later than 48 hours before the scheduled class time.  This allows us to prepare class materials and create the best experience for our students.  We also need a minimum of three students for all classes.  If less than three students sign up, we will refund your tuition.  Otherwise, tuition is NON-REFUNDABLE--although we may be able to reschedule for you.  If you have a group of three or more, we can schedule a class to fit your schedule.   

Fees, Policies and Additional Information:

1. Fees are based upon a minimum of three (3) students coming to Native Winds.
   
2. We are happy to collaborate in designing a program or presentation to suit the unique needs of your group or organization. Presentations may be tailored for educational levels ranging from kindergarten to post graduate.
   
3. Native Winds accepts cash, check, money orders, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, and Department of Education Purchase Orders. Any other form of payment must be arranged in advance.

 Below is a sampling of the classes and presentations we offer:

Craft Classes & Presentations

No-Stitch Buckskin Pouch

Peyote Stitch Crystal Pendant with Drops

We now carry everything you need to create a beautiful pendant with crystal points, Czech glass tear drops and Czech bi-conal, diamond-shaped, glass beads. In this class, students will learn how to make the pendant seen in Volume One of Sadie Starr Presents: Beading with Seed Beads, Gem Stones & Cabochons ($29.95).

Note: This is the technique to master if you want to bead feathers! Wrap your feather with a scrap of buckskin and then use this stitch to decorate the quill!

Make a Difference: Native American Resources for Teachers & Librarians

For Librarians & Educators
Time: 1 Hour 

Learn how to identify authentic materials and foster critical thinking skills in the classroom. Discover ways to dispel damaging stereotypes and new ideas for classroom activities that are culturally sensitive and appropriate.

Teaching Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction?

For Librarians & Educators
Time: 1 Hour

This class will help teachers and librarians face the challenge of presenting historically accurate information about Thanksgiving without perpetuating the damaging stereotypes and historical distortions which have dominated classrooms for years.

Dreamcatchers for Teachers

For Librarians and Educators
Time: 1 Hour

Learn the story of the dreamcatcher, techniques for making one in the classroom and receive written materials to enhance this classroom project.

Introduction to Native American Culture

For All Audiences
Time: 1 Hour

Native American culture comes alive in this overview of the 500 Nations, with an emphasis on the Northern Plains. The audience has an opportunity to see and touch items of material culture, listen to music and if space allows, join in a circle dance.

Pow Wow Primer

For All Audiences
Time: 1 Hour 

Do you know the difference between traditional and fancy dancing or the purpose of a give-a-way? This class will enhance your enjoyment of pow wow by explaining the elements of the event, pow wow protocol and etiquette.

Turquoise & Native American Jewelry

For All Audiences
Time: 1 Hour

In addition to an overview of the use of turquoise by Native Americans and Native American jewelry techniques, students learn the different methods of treating and stabilizing turquoise. Examples of natural, enhanced and imitation turquoise teach students how to distinguish the different forms of turquoise.

Children's Story Circle

For:      All Ages
Time:    1 Hour
Fee:      FREE

Some stories are told from memory; some are read-aloud picture books. Children participate with hand drum and rattle and have an opportunity to touch furs, hides and antlers; taste buffalo jerky; and experience authentic cultural items in a respectful way.

For Students K - 12+
Time: 1 Hour, 15 minutes

Long before Europeans came to North America, Deganawida brought the Great Law of Peace to the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca. These Nations formed the Hodenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, a system of government that so impressed Benjamin Franklin he incorporated many of the same principles into the U.S. Constitution. Wampum, a cylindrical shell bead, told the stories of the Hodenosaunee and the Great Law of Peace. After learning this history, students will tell their own stories by creating wampum strands.

Deganawida, Wampum & the Great Law of Peace

Dreamcatchers

Cinch Mounts for Cabochons - Demonstration

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED  

For those who do not use a torch or know how to solder, yet want to set cabochons in sterling silver, we have the "cinch mount." Use pliers to close the cinch mount around the stone, then burnish. Come see a demonstration of how to make simple, yet elegant earrings and pendants.

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