Upcoming Classes and Events
This list, like life, is always under construction. Just because you don't see something here doesn't mean it might not happen! To keep informed of what's up and coming with Buckskin Revolution, sign up for mailing list using the form on the home page
Also, please note that because I am focusing on writing and film projects currently, I am keeping my class schedule light these days but will return to more in person teaching once my book projects and on-line courses are completed. Also note that you the option to schedule custom classes or speaking events on the "Learning Opportunities with Woniya" Page.
Also, please note that because I am focusing on writing and film projects currently, I am keeping my class schedule light these days but will return to more in person teaching once my book projects and on-line courses are completed. Also note that you the option to schedule custom classes or speaking events on the "Learning Opportunities with Woniya" Page.
Winter Count February 9-15 2020
Florence Arizona
Wintercount is a highlight of my year. It is an annual primitive skills gathering that takes place in the Sonoran desert, amongst towering boulders and saguaro cacti. It offers a hands-on interactive learning environment with classes that strive to reconnect people with ancestral ways of making fire, tanning hides, forming metal, weaving baskets, hunting, gathering, and much more.
I will be offering classes in buckskin sewing, connection and survival practices, wellness through movement, and more. Join us! Follow the link below to register.
https://wintercountcamp.com
Sierra Foothills Audobon Spring meeting April 2, 2020
Nevada County, CA
I am vvery excited to be the key note speaker at the spring meeting of the foothills Audobon Society chapter in April 2020. in this one hour presentation I will talking about my experience living off the land by myself just south of the arctic circle in the fall of 2018, and the many ways that birds played into my journey there and how they fed me, both literally and figuratively, during that time.
Keep your eyes open for another class in the area close to the time of this presentation, time and subject not yet determined
Buckeye Gathering May 3-9 2020
Lake Concow, California
Buckeye exists in service to the wonderful complexity of simple living and the growing commitment to learn from past generations how to thrive sustainably for generations to come. We invite you to join us this coming Spring as we gather again to learn to integrate older ways, to begin to fathom what a village might be like for us today, and to see where inspiration takes us!
I am excited to return to the Buckeye Gathering to teach about buckskin sewing, connection as a survival skill, and more! follow the link below for more information:
Buckeye gathering
First Circle Wilderness Survival Camp May 10-15 2020
Mt. Shasta, California
I am excited to be joining Lifesong Wilderness Adventures to help lead this course. It features empowering survival skills emphasizing primitive and modern technology. First Circle Camp provides outstanding hands-on outdoor survival skills.
To learn more and register follow this link: First Circle Survival Skills
Sewing with Brain Tanned Buckskin
I am thrilled to have the opportunity to travel to the Netherlands June 2020 to offer this weekend course designed to teach you everything you need to make your own one of a kind buckskin clothing. We will be learning all of the fundamentals of working with buckskin, from how it is made and why it is so special, to designing your own projects, to deciding what seam and stitches to use in them. I will be offering this class as a guest instructor through EXTRA bushcraft.
https://www.extrabushcraft.nl/aanbod/crafts/buckskin-Woniya/
There are more classes in the works for 2020. I am currently working to schedule some more classes in California this spring and a few in Europe in June and July. Check in later for more information!
CLASSES FROM PAST YEARS
Global Bushcraft Symposium June 10-14 2019
Bowden, Alberta Canada
An international gathering to promote bushcraft, survival, and traditional skills instruction through the open exchange of philosophies, pedagogical methods and dissemination of best practices within the industry.
I will be presenting about making your own gear, and the role of mental attitude in survival situations.
Saskatoon Circle June 17-23 2019
Methow Valley, Washington
Saskatoon Circle is week long experience of classes and workshops with skilled instructors to deepen your "hard skills" like friction fire, hide tanning, basket weaving, wildtending, wild foods, herbal medicine, flintknapping, bushcraft, buckskin sewing, and too many others to list
I will be teaching buckskin sewing and likely more as well
Oregon Country Fair July 12-14 2019
Veneta, Oregon
The Oregon Country Fair creates events and experiences that nourish the spirit, explore living artfully and authentically on earth, and transform culture in magical, joyous and healthy ways.
I will be part of Archaelogy Park, where a crew of ancestral skills instructors and archeologists offer presentations and short workshops throughout the fair. I'll be demonstrating hide tanning and joining in the frivolity that is this wonderful wacky festival
Echoes in Time July 21 – 27, 2019
Monmouth, Oregon
A gathering of past and present place based traditions. Echoes in Time is a week long ancestral skills conference held every July in Oregon's Willamette Valley and the Traditional Territory of the Kalapuya, near Monmouth, Oregon. Our mission is to unite people from different demographics, communities, and backgrounds though the sharing of common traditions of place based ancestral living skills.
I will be teaching, topics yet not confirmed
Rabbitstick Rendezvous September 15-21 2019
Rexburg, Idaho
One of the oldest and longest running primitive skills events in the country. Considered by many the grandfather of them all.
I will be teaching, topics not yet confirmed.
Quill Festival October 16 2019
Tiburon, California
I'm excited to be the featured speaker at this Aubodon Society event focused on Bird Language, Climate Change, Togetherness, Bird Tattoos, and more. Come hear tales of my arctic adventure and the ways birds and bird language were a pivotal part of my experience.
https://ca.audubon.org/conservation/quill-festival
Florence Arizona
Wintercount is a highlight of my year. It is an annual primitive skills gathering that takes place in the Sonoran desert, amongst towering boulders and saguaro cacti. It offers a hands-on interactive learning environment with classes that strive to reconnect people with ancestral ways of making fire, tanning hides, forming metal, weaving baskets, hunting, gathering, and much more.
I will be offering classes in buckskin sewing, connection and survival practices, wellness through movement, and more. Join us! Follow the link below to register.
https://wintercountcamp.com
Sierra Foothills Audobon Spring meeting April 2, 2020
Nevada County, CA
I am vvery excited to be the key note speaker at the spring meeting of the foothills Audobon Society chapter in April 2020. in this one hour presentation I will talking about my experience living off the land by myself just south of the arctic circle in the fall of 2018, and the many ways that birds played into my journey there and how they fed me, both literally and figuratively, during that time.
Keep your eyes open for another class in the area close to the time of this presentation, time and subject not yet determined
Buckeye Gathering May 3-9 2020
Lake Concow, California
Buckeye exists in service to the wonderful complexity of simple living and the growing commitment to learn from past generations how to thrive sustainably for generations to come. We invite you to join us this coming Spring as we gather again to learn to integrate older ways, to begin to fathom what a village might be like for us today, and to see where inspiration takes us!
I am excited to return to the Buckeye Gathering to teach about buckskin sewing, connection as a survival skill, and more! follow the link below for more information:
Buckeye gathering
First Circle Wilderness Survival Camp May 10-15 2020
Mt. Shasta, California
I am excited to be joining Lifesong Wilderness Adventures to help lead this course. It features empowering survival skills emphasizing primitive and modern technology. First Circle Camp provides outstanding hands-on outdoor survival skills.
To learn more and register follow this link: First Circle Survival Skills
Sewing with Brain Tanned Buckskin
I am thrilled to have the opportunity to travel to the Netherlands June 2020 to offer this weekend course designed to teach you everything you need to make your own one of a kind buckskin clothing. We will be learning all of the fundamentals of working with buckskin, from how it is made and why it is so special, to designing your own projects, to deciding what seam and stitches to use in them. I will be offering this class as a guest instructor through EXTRA bushcraft.
https://www.extrabushcraft.nl/aanbod/crafts/buckskin-Woniya/
There are more classes in the works for 2020. I am currently working to schedule some more classes in California this spring and a few in Europe in June and July. Check in later for more information!
CLASSES FROM PAST YEARS
Global Bushcraft Symposium June 10-14 2019
Bowden, Alberta Canada
An international gathering to promote bushcraft, survival, and traditional skills instruction through the open exchange of philosophies, pedagogical methods and dissemination of best practices within the industry.
I will be presenting about making your own gear, and the role of mental attitude in survival situations.
Saskatoon Circle June 17-23 2019
Methow Valley, Washington
Saskatoon Circle is week long experience of classes and workshops with skilled instructors to deepen your "hard skills" like friction fire, hide tanning, basket weaving, wildtending, wild foods, herbal medicine, flintknapping, bushcraft, buckskin sewing, and too many others to list
I will be teaching buckskin sewing and likely more as well
Oregon Country Fair July 12-14 2019
Veneta, Oregon
The Oregon Country Fair creates events and experiences that nourish the spirit, explore living artfully and authentically on earth, and transform culture in magical, joyous and healthy ways.
I will be part of Archaelogy Park, where a crew of ancestral skills instructors and archeologists offer presentations and short workshops throughout the fair. I'll be demonstrating hide tanning and joining in the frivolity that is this wonderful wacky festival
Echoes in Time July 21 – 27, 2019
Monmouth, Oregon
A gathering of past and present place based traditions. Echoes in Time is a week long ancestral skills conference held every July in Oregon's Willamette Valley and the Traditional Territory of the Kalapuya, near Monmouth, Oregon. Our mission is to unite people from different demographics, communities, and backgrounds though the sharing of common traditions of place based ancestral living skills.
I will be teaching, topics yet not confirmed
Rabbitstick Rendezvous September 15-21 2019
Rexburg, Idaho
One of the oldest and longest running primitive skills events in the country. Considered by many the grandfather of them all.
I will be teaching, topics not yet confirmed.
Quill Festival October 16 2019
Tiburon, California
I'm excited to be the featured speaker at this Aubodon Society event focused on Bird Language, Climate Change, Togetherness, Bird Tattoos, and more. Come hear tales of my arctic adventure and the ways birds and bird language were a pivotal part of my experience.
https://ca.audubon.org/conservation/quill-festival
