Ska Nah Doht

Our First Field Trip

We travelled the long two hour trek to Longwoods Conservation Area in the Thames Valley (London area) to Ska-Nah-Doht Village.  We are currently studying First Nations People in the Great Lakes Region, so this field trip was perfect for us.

When we arrived we headed into the Museum.  Here we learned about the daily life of the First Nations peoples, and we were able to see and touch examples of tools First Nations people used every day.  

From there we headed to real re-creations of "longhouses," within the "palisades" of a re-creation of a real village.  It was amazing!  We also saw real life versions of the look out, the fire pit for cooking, real furs, shelters, and so on.

After lunch we played a hunting game in the forest.  The kids all had different roles in the game-some were famine, some hunters, some animals being hunted.  The kids were running around in the woods in the fresh air-it was awesome!

I will definitely return to Ska Nah Doht with my family.  I am so glad I was able to learn right along with the kids and experience something that was so much fun and educational at the same time.

Bus Ride!

Grace was a raccooon in the Hunting game

A model of a longhouse!

In the village

Hunters in the game

The Lookout

The Longhouse

In the museum we looked at tools

In a longhouse

Zack the Hunter

Kevin is nice and warm!

Clan Mother and her baby-sitters