Inspiring slideshow of some Nipmuc American Indian natural building

https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1425746448065638

Eastern woodlands (Massachusetts), they’ve kept their culture alive through all kinds of challenges and erasure. They share a cultural celebration with the public each year, telling stories and doing a social dance. It is very humbling and inspiring.

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Thanks raven. I don’t know how to do a link without login wall, but they separated huge chunks of bark from lengths of trunk and used that for the wall, and the structure is something like a lattice of saplings in a circle.

They also hollowed out a log canoe. They said it was burned out in the presentation but it looks like they planed it afterward. It’s so beautiful!!

I don't think it is the same video as Blake found, but I found a video on you tube with some of the structures has mentions (and some other artifacts). The traditional house frame is a lovely dome (they hadn't clad this one with bark sheets).
https://youtu.be/gLl2PKtK_OQ
This seems to be a static display however rather than a gathering, but maybe they leave the projects behind after the gathering?

I also found Ohketeau which is a cultural centre for the Nipmuc people. I don't know whether the event you watched was one of theirs ( I couldn't find the video you describe) but they do have workshops to promote skills such as brain tanning and traditional medicine. I found this one about making a canoe through burning:


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Thanks Nancy, yes that was one of the presenters.