On Wednesday, June 22, 2005, SHUMLA hosted thirty-six 4th and 5th graders with the summer Academic Enrichment Camp from Del Rio, Texas. The day began with a tour of Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site interpretive center and the Fate Bell rock art site. The students learned about hunter-gatherer life ways and were able to view 4,000 year old rock art images in Fate Bell shelter.
After lunch at the State Park, the students traveled to the White Shaman/Galloway Preserve to view a re-constructed outdoor hunter-gatherer village. They were encouraged to contrast living in the rock shelter with living in the outdoor village.
The hunter-gatherers came to life through the wonderful reproductions of wikiup shelters, sandals, baskets, sleeping mats, and stone tools provided by local artisan, Steve Norman.
The students were able to view a working "earth oven" and to see the rubble left behind by archaic earth ovens from the past. Stereoscopes let them view plant fibers and food stuffs used by the native peoples.
At the end of the day, they were awarded Shumla Certificates commemorating their adventure!
Information
For information about scheduling a program, contact the program division at programs@shumla.org or call the SHUMLA office (432-292-4848).
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