Building a Wigwam with Natural Materials | Bushcraft Shelter (PART 1)
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2024
- Join us in the woods as we build a bushcraft wigwam using hazel saplings and cedar bark for the natural cordage and roof. This simple bushcraft shelter was originally built by first nations and north american tribes of the Eastern Woodlands in North America. A Wigwam is a dome or cone shaped primitive hut built using very simple materials. They built this type of shelter as their house because it is easy to construct and disassemble when following herds of game during the cold winter months where they needed to be mobile and put up shelters quickly. Traditionally, the women of the camp would build the shelter while the men would go off hunting food to survive. Typically, this style of domed wigwam would house one small family. They did however, build larger shelters in their camp using a basic timber frame structure.
We are building this bushcraft wigwam using hazel saplings for the frame. These are best when cut green as they still have the moisture in them to help them bend. We then used the inner strands of cedar bark from logs nearby as lashings to hold the frame together. We stored the bark cordage in water to make it pliable and easy to tighten when doing knots.
In Part 2 we will begin to peel the bark from the cedar logs and secure this to the wood frame of the wigwam. Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date with each episode of the series.
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This is gonna be a cosy little shelter!
BUSHCRAFT TOOLS sure is man!
You and Mike both building a shelter and cooking again, I already knew this was going to be great :)
Thanks for covering this. These are made by my people. I am Anishinaabe more specifically Waganakising Odawa from Michigan.
I used to work for the Little Traverse Bay Band of the Odawa at Victories
Are there any videos about culture and craftsmanship of your people? Would be nice to see, how they build their shelters! 😊
Anni Nijji. Good for a small wigwam. Be good for a bachelor.
Mine was 28 ft in circumference 14 radius housed a small 5 person family. Also add yerself a smoke hole if you build bigger. Btw at one point we all lived more like this and other variants. Again good work
My people the Mi'kmaq used them too, it's cool that these guys are making them
No there not there made by my people im native american but i dont no any thing about amish so i ges thats somthing they share
Excited about this mini-series!! This style of shelter really blends in with the woodland. WATCH PART 2 HERE: ruclips.net/video/R-WqUF8Qm-E/видео.html
So excited for this!
its nice you helped your homeless friend build a house
Rough time scale mate? Cheers
I have been meaning to ask. Where did you guys get that standing metal plate for cooking on the fire?
Mike i remember early on you and your Dad saying how hard it was to get, and there would be some Good Stuff in between. Exciting news & uploads since then ✊🏼🧐😎🤙🏼! Good to see you and Dustin back 2gether with your events/moving/expecting & whatnot.. and his uploads of Over- Over Sea’s for me (California Gent 😉🤙🏼), again good to see ya back 2gether. Cant wait to see whats coming, and nice Shelter by the way 👌🏼. Should be Epic, as well as the Feast’s. Regards,
-Mike
Our Western New York State First Nations people used Birch bark and Elm. Shawn James and friends are using Ash (a dying species in North America). The idea is to select sections where side limbs don't grow. Trunks peel best (if at all) early in the new season's growth spurt. From mid-summer on, the cambium layer has transported nutrients down to the root system for winter and begins to dry out. You could carve a 'spud' by flattening a straight limb into an wedge on the end. This makes a better tool for peeling in that there is no real 'sharp' edge to penetrate the bark.
1st nations? are you canadian?
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Y’all are something else. Living my dream out in the woods. If only I lived in that area. The woods around where I live are NOT conducive to building things like this. Any deadfall (not much) rots too fast. (SouthEastern America)
Fantastic series,your dad is quite a character. Have you considered taking two or three day workshops on shelter building, cooking and camping lessons? You are sitting on a wealth of knowledge which people want to know but don't know where to start. It's worth a thought of doing what you love and reaping a handsome return for giving people skills and knowledge that they really want. It's a win win situation. Chris from Western Australia.
*Awesome primitive build Mike! Keep up the good work.*
The first people of the Northwest Coast of the US and Canada, Cedar was not only used for shelters and cordage, but for everything they needed besides food. Even their clothing was woven from cedar fibers. And for the peeling of bark, the trees were much larger. Still today you can find Cedars in the forest that are 20 feet and larger in diameter. I slept in one trunk, (what they call a fairy den) for a night. It is a old tree that the center has decayed either by fire,lightning or just old age, and it creates a warm bug free natural shelter. So many things from one tree can be made, it's natural oils even to help preserve it.
And another great video . Thank You.
Well David seems that you are very well read individual and I enjoyed
reading your script ! Truly it is
very interesting information !
@@billmcgee7 Thank You
By minute 2 when I recognized Dustin, I started to wonder, what’s he gonna make for lunch?! Looks great guys. Keep it up.
For peeling the bark, carving a flat wooden paddle to slide underneath is easier than using a knife.
An alternative to the cedar bark cordage is Hazel withes, they are really strong and easy to use. Wigwams and wikiups are clever engineering with everything under tension they are much stronger than they look, in theory you could pick the frame up in one piece and move it.
Looking good so far. I love these projects.
chris osh cheers Chris! I covered hazel withies on my channel a few videos back. Think it was one of the bushcraft skill videos. It’s a very sturdy form of cordage, but I find it takes longer to prepare than inner bark from cedar logs
Always good to watch and hear your advice. Many situations avoided thanks to you.
Great to see you both back out in the woods together! Looking forward to part 2
On both yours and Bushcraft tools video I read wingmans shelter. Nice job. When I was in scouts we made a wigwam but ours was covered in canvas cut to resemble hides. So love watching you build and the feasts are drool worthy.
Building with natural stuff is cool but all things aside,I frickin love Dustin's cooking methods,guy knows what he's doing...good job mate😋👍
I think Dustin should start a channel "TA Cooking" ;-)
Now that I’ve finished school I can dedicate all my time to watching ta outdoors videos
Crisps it is 🤙🏻
Have you considered using wedges for peeling the bark off? Possible made of wood, maybe rounded slightly to match the roundness of the tree.
DoStuffZ yes, this will be in an upcoming episode!
I really love these woodland type builds, hoping to make one of my own this summer...
Another feast of kings sick idea doing a wigwam guys
Thanks for all of your work you are putting to build a home that is completely made fron the all natural material that our mother earth makes so cool
I can honestly say I haven’t really been taken by your channel before these buildings series. I think you’ve found your niche. Very very well done!
aww that's awesome. I myself come from Ojibway First nations Tribe (Chipawa)
That's awesome. I come from a lineag if hunters myself. We share what we hunt still. As tradition. :)
Vegan Mama beautiful ♥️♥️
Are you from Manitoba
My 2 favorite mates working together again. You guys are legends as a team in these types if vlogs. Awesome little project mini series. Great idea. Of course yo have the Chief Overseer on the job... Amber ... watching you eat the feast n drooling .poor bugger. Thanks for your efforts guys really appreciated to see . Bushyboy Oz.
As a kid I never knew this as "bushcraft", it was always just how my cousin and I built forts. This is the first video I've watched on your channel, I look forward to watching more.
I just started building with saplings. Thanks for this information! Always enjoy and learn from you.
I really enjoyed part 1 fellas & I can't wait for part 2 🌲TA Outdoors🌲 & Cookin Good In The Woods 🥣🍽🥢🥃🍻🙂👍
Everything about this is love. And omg, guys... Elderflower is amazing! The feast, I don’t blame Amber for drooling. That looked freaking delicious and well-deserved! 🌿
This was a very satisfying video to watch. I am building a wigwam instead of buying a polytunnel for my allotment. Hoping to catch the next few parts soon.
WoW I'm happy to see you both you make an awesome team in bush crafting. I always enjoy them all. Thank you and sending blessings from Washington DC.
I'm Ojibwe from White Earth and thank you so much for creating this video. I have always wondered how to create a wigwam out of natural materials. Miigwech.
The way you guys eat when Dustin’s around is epic!
Thanks guys. Waiting for episode 2 and Dustin next meal. Hopefully it wont take until the end of the season for the thatch and to see your dad again.
It is 3 in the morning...
...perfect
Lovely two-man and lovely puppy. Enjoyed it a lot! :)
Your projects are amazing and the way you capture them through you cinematography skills make them even better! I also love that you try to disrupt nature as little as possible and even when cutting saplings you make sure for a clean cut to reduce damage and risk of rot :)
Your knowledge and hard work is inspirational man👍
Riley M.G thanks for comment. Yes, it’s important to show the clean cut as that is what will encourage re-growth. That’s what bushcraft is all about, using material sustainably so that it can be used again in the future!
TA Outdoors yes sustainability- exactly what this planet needs
Ooofta more Cedar bark peeling!
Wigwams were seen being built mainly by Algonquians and are primarily made with birchbark, which is much easier to peel/harvest (might also have used elm bark like a longhouse). Not sure if you have access to any birchbark but try peeling it sometime (you'll never go back to Cedar). They are also primarily built by women for they are temporary shelters for the hunting, gathering, farming season. Each family tended to build a new one each year as they moved from winter to summer grounds.
Some good books to read is Native American Architecture by Peter Nabokov and Robert Easton, and Houses of Bark (Native Dwellings) by Bonnie Shemie.
Great job guys. And as someone who lives in Canada (Ontario)...anything cooked with a maple glaze is AWESOME!!
the boys are back at it again. i think we can expect good food, lots of it, and a lot of sturdy structures
Love your " build " series. We here in Southern California might need these skills soon, we just had a 7.1 earthquake and are expecting more of them . Wish I was in England with all of you, it's sooo beautiful there !!!
That’s what the Miqmaq in Nova Scotia lived in. They’re really a staple of Northern tribes.
I'm so looking forward to this build.... I know, I always look forward to your builds. It was so nice to wake up on a Saturday morning and have a new classic to watch.
Pięknie pokazane kolejne etapy konstrukcji, dziękuję, pozdrawiam
Nice little project. Nice to hear the Saxon house will continue, looking forward to that.
Excellent!!! Cant wait for part 2.
Interesting little project. The burgers looked wonderful. If you want to add another wonderful flavor, mash avocado with diced tomato and a pinch of salt. It works well with the Mexican pepper cheese.
That, to me, looks like a bender. I lived in one of those for about a year and a half, loved it 😁
There's something satisfying about watching a wigwam go up. I've built a few in my day. You should carve a log peeling spud to make the bark stripping go easier.
As an American, i find this to be cool.
Hey Mike!
I had several questions to ask you as I was watching this video....and before I could come here to write them down, you answered every one of them! Looking forward to seeing you complete this one too. And also eager about the Saxon house...but I do understand about the issues with that one. I wonder if it would have been worth the effort to build a small rectangular "swimming pool" type structure to put that bark in? I guess time will tell. Keep up the excellent work!
Hi Mike.
Great vid as usual 👍😀
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I think I read somewhere that when the 1st Nations built these they would reuse the same bark when they moved to a new location,
so they would use local resources to build the frame but bring the good bark with them to cover it.
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After watching you having a hard time peeling I can understand why.
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Fist bumps 👊👊👊👊👊, high fives/pats on the back ✋✋✋✋✋, extra thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍 Amber ❤❤❤❤❤, treats and tummy rubs
video quality and colours are great.
We were so excited that you started this project. Great job! The meal looked mouth-watering. You guys are fantastic. Thank you.
I love the cooking portion of these episodes, even if it is a little frustrating because it always makes me hungry :)
She:kon from the akwesasne mohawk nation. Awesome work guys!!! My people built long houses. That were shingled with elm bark. The long houses could be 100 feet long!!! And house an entire clan. Which would be like all of your family under the same roof. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents all together. Keep up the great work guys!!! 👊🤙🍻
Great video guys 👍. See the Bushcraft Chef ( Dusstin ) did Awesome again😋😋😋.
Minwaakwad iwe waakaa'igan. Traditional materials even! Miigwetch for sharing. btw, have you considered using an adze for peeling all that bark?
Thank you .
Wow, the next amazing project! Great job. ;)
Hello Mike and buddy,very interesting stuff,most of all I love your attitude and the way you delivering your comments on the subject. You are very knowledgeable in your topics.
Great looking shelter, i’ve built a similar one on a bushcraft course but used more uprights and then used a three rod wale weave to add strength at the base and in the middle. Makes for a very sturdy shelter.
I've been hooked on your channel ever since the viking house build. Props to you, Dustin and your dad, amazing quality content that I genuinely look forward to watching. Keep up the awesome work. Cheers from Nottingham! :)
Another great episode from the both of you
SUPER VIDEO!!!
This is gonna be one epic village ehen it's all done
..once again - lovin' it!
I stop whatever I'm doing every time I get the notification for your videos, never disappointed. Keep up the good work.
Zakkere Anderson thanks! Glad you like the videos
Can't wait for part 2:)
Two thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻
Maniacs. Utterly love ya!)))
Whata Gwaan wit ya wigwam man!
Right on! I'm building a little sweat lodge in the same way .
Thanks for sharing brother!
Cheers!
Why? Sweat lodges are sacred and is for healing and praying
For those exact reasons. My wife is first Nations Cree, we take part in sweats and many other ceremonies and have wanted to build one for years to clear the mind and find strength as well as to heal the mind, body, and soul.
Aho! I'm sorry for judging. I seen acouple videos of people building sweat lodges or saunas as they call them and I dont think half of them respect that or understand the meaning and importance of a sweat. I hope you and your family find the peace and understanding that yous are searching for
@@norbertnunway2597 hey no problem my friend, I knew exactly what you meant when you responded. I see alot of the same, cultural appropriation without recognition or respect is very abundant and unfortunate. A few of the elders questioned me in the same way and wanted to be sure I had the proper respect for the creator and what it means to "sweat"
Thank you for the blessing and I to wish good health and happiness to you and yours
Beautiful bushcraft build! If you use a metal hand tool called a Spud (which is pretty much a wide, curved metal blade with a handle) you use it like you’re using your knives to peel bark. But it makes it SO much faster and will make your lives a lot easier. Anyways great vid guys!
Lovely vid, looks like it'll be an interesting and fun build ( well to watch, peeling bark looks like a pain in the ass ). Also, the moment I saw you were working with Dustin again I realized I was gonna leave this vid hungry and craving a good filling meal....as always the food looks amazing.
Bang goes my diet. I'm salivating, OMG
26:43 I had to be eating something while I was watching this because this was making me really hungry 😋
If they had videos like this when I was a kid. I’d be dangerous in the woods. As it was as 10 year old kid. My friends not knowing crap about anything. Cut down trees and started building a log cabin. Never finished because we got in trouble for cutting down the trees. 😂 It was fun while it lasted.
So Cool! Please please please keep building & cooking! My favorite vids.
Can't wait to see how you utilize that bark on the new house?!?! And thanks for the saxon update!!! Really been looking forward to a saxon overnight!!!
North American forests tend to have a lot of tree diversity, whereas European woods tend to be homogeneous. I can imagine gathering materials for any First Nation shelter can prove to be challenge... That being said, I would love to see you guys tackle a *small* Iroquois style longhouse.
One tip that may help later bark peeling, I saw a video on here where the bushmen would beat the log to be pealed with a 3-4" x 5-6' long pole to loosen the bark... Good Luck... nice work...
Miigwetch for doing such a fair job. As I said below anothers comment. Also note combinations of reused canvas from sails during th fur trade and a lil earlier with. Bark. Or to also replace other materials completely
Love the video. Can't wait for part two.
lovely .. thank you !
Nice job. I’m Anishinaabe (aka Ojibwe/“Chippewa”)... Bad River Band... and have made/stayed in my fair share of them (including sweat lodge/waabanoo/etc.). One thing that I’m not sure you are aware of, is that that doors ALWAYS face the East, ok?
miinawaa... Good job, guys. Maybe you can get here to g’chi gami (Lake Superior... southern shores) one day and we can show you how we ‘nish do it. 👍🏼😊
Primarily they used birch bark.
Western band Cherokee here. From Oklahoma band.
Our cabins were more like the bottom of your Viking house. Logs stacked with logs on side holding them up like you did on your first courses of the Viking house.
Our sweat lodge is like this wigwam.
Also the Apache wickiup is very much like this wigwam you are making
nice one ,,food always better outdoors
Dustin, I, like everyone who watches videos by you and Mike knows, your culinary skills are TOP SHELF. That said, I firmly believe it would be a good idea to have Amber taste-test everything you cook prior to your consumption of it. It's a task Amber would welcome - that's just the kinda' gal she appears to be.
Somehing satisfying watching batk being peeled and used! I watched Townsends build a canoe out of peeled batk :)....thx for this series....You give me ideas for a small Greenhouse/shade cloth house for gardening out here in the desert....using modern materials.....pvc pipe :) Toast the buns in leftover grease?....mmmmm... a Grolsch Beer?
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About Little White Dove and her tender love
'Til she took him to the silver stream
She told him all about what he couldn't live without
And made him all weak inside when she said
Dustin is such a good cook. I can just tell. Jesus, that looks delicious.
Thank you for another quality video, Mike! Enjoyed it a lot!
Nice little project you got there mate. Good luck and keep them food warm and tasty.
A wooden wedge is very helpful when peeling bark off the trunks.
Great work . To answer the question of what was traditionally used . In the upper part of North America birch bark was the most common material . Farther south elm bark and cattail mats were used .
Love your shelter-build series! Also the vids with your Dad! Thanks for the great content & congrats on 1M subs!
THAKES GUYS. GREAT VIDEO, KEEP IT UP........USA-OHIO !!!!!!!!
Just in time for my lunch break!
Hats off to you, work like a man, feast like a king....very cool vid. Thank you very much, love your channel. Oh congrats on the 1'000'000.......you deserve it!
Good job good video, here you have a new friend. Keep on touch!
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