NativeTech: A Message from Tara Prindle

NativeTech: Native American Technology & Art
Behind the scenes

Tara Prindle
PO Box 564
Vernon, CT 06066

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NativeTech: Native American Technology and Art

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Waaban Aki Crafting

Traditional Crafts of the Eastern Woodlands.

William Lambykins Pit-Woofie Slee ~ Billy Slee; A cat who paints.

Browse Billy's Feline Art Gallery, learn about his paintings and visit with his Family. Read some of Billy Slee's writings and Mewsings.

A Line in the Sand, Co-Developer

A website about issues of cultural property and cultural theft.

NIAC ~ Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut

A social organization in Connecticut promoting preservation of Nipmuc Indian and Native American history, material culture, crafts and language, sacred and historical sites.

Stroudsburg Fur & Leather

A commercial website for fur apparel and craft supplies for nature centers, environmental educators, Native American craftspeople and hobbiests.

papergraphix.com ~ J.P. Haydock; Distinctive Art Cards & Reproductions

Combining the beauty of a frameable fine art reproduction with a recycled note card that can be sent for any occasion.

Past Workshop Leader:

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History

NIAC ~ Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, New Hampshire

National Audubon Center, Sharon Connecticut

Native American Cultural Society, University of Connecticut

Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Resources Department, Ledyard Connecticut

Glastonbury Garden Center, Glastonbury Connecticut

Camp Sloan, Lakeville Connectiuct

Rudolf Steiner School, Gt. Barrionton Massachusetts

Formal Education:

Ph.D. Candidate Anthropology (1988 - discontinued 1997) ~ University of Connecticut

M.A. Anthropology (1988) ~ University of Connecticut

B.A. Anthropology (1986) ~ University of Vermont

Ethnohistory and Archaeology Interests:

Projectile Point Classification Software

Appropriation & imposition of technology between Natives & Europeans

Wampum and the Evolution of Beadweaving

I am not Native American. I am primarily of Scottish descent, my ancestor on my father's side, William Pringle came to New Haven, CT in 1654 and married Mary Desborough. Pringle was changed to Prindle, the Prindles married into the families of Brown, Goodrich, Sizer (DeSouza), Abbott, Wilcox, Woodward, Dewy, Baird, Sherman, Atwood, Ward, Starr, Weld, Catlin, Roeper, Bule, Baldwin, Bishop, Peck ... among other's unknown... all before the 1700s came to a close. Sirnames on my mother's side include Hunter, Garfield, Bailey, Webster, Chapman, Stanton, Fowler, Dean, Reel, Odell, Pitcher, Strong, Clapp, Sheldon, Bullard, Brewer, Bigelow, Bridge, Danforth, Warren, Flagg (Flegg), Underwood, Curtiss, Ives, Pierce, Marriman, Abernathy ... and so many more.

Please Read This Before Contacting Tara:

Please contact me if you have articles or material about Native American technology and art you would like to contribute to these pages, or if you have suggested revisions for my topics covered on NativeTech. If you are a student, parent or teacher with a deadline for a school project, I can not answer e-mails I receive asking questions which require research. The search engine on NativeTech's home page may help you find are looking for. I believe more is learned when research is acomplished by the student.

If you're looking for specific information about Native Peoples, genealogy information, homework questions or if you have other questions about Native crafts or indigenous technologies, please post your questions on one of the various Native-related Message Boards and perhaps those reading the boards may be of help. Please remember to have patience and keep an open mind.

[Please, do not attach files or graphics to an email without warning me first ... otherwise I won't open them.]

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Notice Concerning Copyright Restrictions and the NativeTech Web Site:

Please be aware that all text and images on the NativeTech website are © Tara Prindle, unless specifically cited otherwise.

I encourage classroom use of my NativeTech web site. Students and teachers may print-out text and/or images without restriction for use in a non-internet classroom setting. The following statement should be included on each copy:

Content of the NativeTech web site may not be used for commercial purposes without prior permission. You must Request Written Permission to reproduce or transmit any NativeTech materials (excluding not-for-profit classroom use, or single printing of articles for non-commercial personal use).

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material, including but not limited to downloading, printing, and performance (i.e. display.) Any individual who uses copies of NativeTech's web site text and/or images (http://www.nativetech.org) for purposes in excess of "fair use" as defined by the copyright law may be liable for copyright infringement.

Note: I have included among the NativeTech pages some text that is copyrighted to others -- it will always be cited as such. I have scanned & hand colored some images from books copyrighted to others -- they will alwalys be cited as such. Text/images attributed to others have either been contributed to NativeTech by the author/artist, or the text/image has been used under copyright laws relating to educational Fair Use. I can not grant permission for the use of text/images attibuted to others, permission for their use must be granted by the original author/artist.

Permission has *not* been granted for 'Public Domain' use of NativeTech's text/backgrounds/images. If you have found any of my material on another web site without a 'permission granted' statement, or in a collection of web clip art, it has been placed there without my permission. I would be very grateful to be informed of the use of my text/images on other web sites.


	Text and Graphics © 1994 - Tara Prindle unless otherwise cited.