Native Americans living in North America prior to European contact made tools out of sticks, stones and bones.

I find bone so often in the woodlands that I thought it would be interesting to learn about the possibilities it offers and made a few different tools including fish hooks from deer toe bones, a knife from a leg bone and needles and gouge hooks from bone slivers left behind. The time it takes to abrade bone on stone would keep primitive man quite busy as they perfect their craft. 

My wilderness skills campers made deer bone knives and then we made sheaths out of cardboard as if it was natural birch bark. We also made arrows and shot them at a watermelon to kill and harvest the melon, nothing went to waste as we finished camp with a watermelon eating contest!

 

 

 David Alexander is a professional outdoor guide and conservation biologist.  He enjoys making nature more accessible to people and wildlife.  You can follow him at www.natureintoaction.com and @natureintoaction