Sweetwater Tipi

Sweetwater Tipi Cheyenne/Sioux style Tipi's, Pottery, and Blacksmith Art

Canvas tipis in a Cheyenne/Sioux style

Stoneware functional pottery with patterns of the ancient peoples of America and Europe

Art of the Blacksmith - iron iris, rose, and other flowers - decorative bases for our pottery

Joan Candalino & Tom Strode
PO Box 164
Hardyville, KY 42746
[email protected]

05/19/2026

Many Indigenous teachings describe the Earth as a living relative rather than a resource to exploit. Rivers are treated as lifelines, mountains as sacred beings, and wind as breath shared by all living things. This worldview teaches respect, balance, and responsibility toward the natural world.

Modern society often separates humanity from nature, yet climate disasters, polluted water, and environmental destruction continue proving how connected everything truly is. When ecosystems suffer, communities suffer alongside them.

Protecting the Earth is ultimately an act of protecting ourselves, future generations, and every living thing that depends on the same planet to survive.

05/19/2026

Many Indigenous teachings speak about walking through life in beauty, balance, and respect for all living things. These teachings remind people that humanity is deeply connected to the Earth, and that every action carries responsibility toward future generations, animals, waters, and the land itself.

Life begins from the Earth and eventually returns to it. In between those moments, people are given the chance to care for one another and leave the world better than they found it. Respect is shown not only through words, but through how communities protect nature, treat Elders, raise children, and honor the interconnectedness of life.

In a fast-moving world filled with noise and division, these teachings remain deeply powerful. Walking in beauty means moving through life with humility, gratitude, and awareness that every living thing has value and purpose.

02/15/2026

For more information on our five regional Rendezvous, please visit their individual pages:

2026 Southeastern Primitive Rendezvous
Preregistration deadline - March 20, 2026
2026 NRLHF Corps of Discovery
Preregistration deadline - April 22, 2026
2026 Old Northwest Territory Primitive Rendezvous
Preregistration deadline - June 5, 2026
2026 Northeastern Primitive Rendezvous
Preregistration deadline - July 6, 2026
2026 Eastern Primitive Rendezvous
Preregistration deadline - September 4, 2026

For online preregistration or to print off preregistration forms, visit www.nrlhf.org - Shinin' Times soon come!

09/13/2025

Protecting forests means protecting every life they shelter—birds, fish, animals, and future generations. The responsibility is ours. 🌲👣

https://www.primitiveskills.org/
09/13/2025

https://www.primitiveskills.org/

Homepage for Earthskills Rendezvous primitive skills gathering, the longest running primitive skills gathering east of the Mississippi.

08/24/2025

Please share 30-31 2025

Organic farming methods better for soil.
10/14/2024

Organic farming methods better for soil.

Researchers at Kansas State University have been studying how different farming practices impact soil carbon storage.

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PO Box 164
Hardyville, KY
42746

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