Blue Sky! - The Ernest Thompson Seton Pages

Dear Ryan Lee, I would love so much to help you but I am on the other side of our beautiful planet. If you ever arrived in Europe, please don´t hesitate to visit the Czech Republic. It would be my pleasure to invite you to the Woodcraft League summer camp which is held every July by the Czech followers of E.T.Seton. We look for anybody from USA or Canada who would run similar activities. See www.woodcraft.cz Blue Sky! martin.kupka@volny.cz

Dear fellow woodcrafters and Seton followers,

On Saturday, 14 August 2010, the day of 150th birthday of the Chief Black Wolf, a group of woodcrafters, Czech Woodcraft League members, ascended the Kremelna mountain which was nicknamed Mt.E.T.Seton exactly 20 years ago, shortly after the Czech Woodcraft League woke up from her long dormancy enforced by the totalitarian communist regime. Mt.E.T.Seton is situated in the most pristine area of the National Park Sumava (Bohemian Forest), which is bordering the Bavarian Forest in Germany.

Ablakela, the Keeper of the Fire, purified the place around the tumulus bearing the name of the mountain, using smoke from dry herbs as the native people used to do. He prayed to the Powers of that place so that they helped to create the atmosphere and supported all of us in our efforts to strengthen the woodcraft movement. Logan read the Message of the Black Wolf from the Book of Woodcraft and said a few words about Seton´s asset to his own life. Logan also sent the greetings over the seas to all fellow woodcrafters and Seton followers who, the same day, turned their minds to contemplating Black Wolf´s legacy. He reminded the participants about the activities being run the very same days in Santa Fe and Seton Village. The gathering was closed with the Omaha prayer, the old woodcraft hymn.

We are now looking forward to holding the seminar which is going to be held in Prague, 17 November 2010, where we want to give the opportunity to anybody who would like to present his/her inspirative ideas and discoveries, related to the legacy of Ernest Thompson Seton. There are already quite a few very interesting and promising papers to be presented and I would like to invite anybody of you from overseas to contribute! I want to publish the programme and the venue by mid September at the latest. Don´t hesitate and come to our circle. Be there on 17th November! Any other inquiries on martin.kupka@volny.cz
Blue Skies!
Martin Kupka Logan

It was through the scouting movement I have developed an interest in Ernest Thompson Seton. I have grown even more fond of his works after reading "Gospel of the Redman". It seems modern scouting is straying away from some of the "traditional scouting" values that was instilled through the talents and skills of Ernest Thompson Seton. I would like to see BSA keep these traditions alive. I would like to form a Camp that focuses on traditional scouting and the values of Ernest Thompson Seton. A camp that would allow all scouts to attend and relearn these traditions and values. For example: How many scouts know how to make a homemade canvas tent? How many scouts know how to build a traditional log cabin? How many scouts can build tent bedding out of natural materials? How many scouts can track animals? These are just some of the many things I desire to be preserved. I am dissappointed that all the professional scout camps in my area have a mess hall. The scouts are not learning how to truly cook and work together as when I was a young scout. If you have any ideas on how to establish a traditional scout camp I am all ears. I have my ideas yet I am open to more. Ryan Lee of Montana

I have an original copy of The Biography Of A Silver Fox~
Copyright , by
The Century Co., 1908, 1909
Copyright, 1909, by
Ernest Thompson Seton
First Impression
April
1909.
If anyone knows where I can sell this book, get it's value, or would like to inquire, please email me at normafullmer@yahoo.com or message me on FaceBook. I have many old books from my Father's lifetime and am overwhelmed. My Laptop is down, and my desktop is SLOW, please be patient with my responses!! Thank you!!

Saludos fraternales felicitaciones y Web Por su, Muy buena realmente . Hacen Falta Contenidos asi Sobre el Sendero Woodcraft .

Buena Caza y Largas Lunas ...

Cervus Perseverantis

WOW what a wonder the internet is. I am living in Xinyang China and wanted to see if I could find any of my old fav's.
20 years later, appx 35 countries later and I still remember the books of my youth. My side of the mountain, tom sawyer, the foxfire series, and two little savages are some of the books that kept me in lots of trouble with my troubled childhood, BUT those books kept me off the old boob tube and in the woods.
All my life I have kept running to seek a better part of myself, and if it where not for authors like Mr. Seton, maybe I would have just been another person still watching the boob tube. Thank you sir
Ken

Thank you for establishing this site, I especially enjoyed reading Seton's biography. It is truly a worthy cause to keep his works and legacy alive.

I have read Mr. Seton's books since I was a child & continue to enjoy them in my 55th year! Love the site. Keep up the good work!

Thank you to visit this website about so great men as was and still is in our hearts Ernest Thompson Seton. I loved to read his books when I was young boy,actualy this men gave me many beatyful ideas,visions,fantasy in my childhood. I was boy when I met scouting and there I explored his books....after 20 years I had image about the book Rolf in the Woods and took a stroll down memory lane with many emotions as I felt when I was young bouy(scout). this point gave me to a bit looking about Ernest on internet and at the end found this website...

Marian Hudec
Slovakia(former Czechoslovakia)

Hello from Zuerich,
i just want to say that i like your website very much.
I will come back soon.

Yours Ivy

First, we cannot than Mr. Edmonds for all his hard work here. Amazing.

So, where can we all open a dialogue on reviving the Woodcraft Movement? Sure, there is Scouting, but Scouting and the Woodcraft movement are very different.

I think that when we all survey the global landscape we have to ask ourselves what the options are for the youth of today. Just where are the role models that we want to hold up?

Well, for me, it is Mr. Seton. We have the Internet. I cannot speak for the world, but I believe that my nation, the USA, is where we were in 1900. We are really ready for a revival of the Woodcraft Movement. The kids today aren't just painting fences - they are completely removing them with C4 plastic explosives.

The truth is, we are not growing leaders today because the youth do not have leadership education. Mr. Seton recognized that and did something about it for his generation. Well, 100 years later, and guess what, here we are again.

I was in the Woodcraft Rangers program in LA 40 years ago. Today I live in Alaska, and Mr. Seton's philosophies shaped my world view. If there are others who grew up in this movement please feel free to email me and chat. tfahern@email.com

Thank you, Mr. Edmonds, for all your hard work.

Tim

Hello, I am a lifelong admirer of E.T.Seton, his works and his woodcraft philosophy.I served as a chief of the Woodcraft League of Czechoslovakia which was revived in 1990 and has been working since then. See www.woodcraft.cz. In 2010 we will celebrate 150-th anniversary of Black Wolf' s birth. In Czechia we woodcrafters have nicknamed the Kremelna mountain in the Sumava mountains as Mt.E.T.Seton. I would like to organize a hike to the top of Mt. E.T.Seton as a commemoration of the anniversary. Would you like to join me? contact: martin.kupka@volny.cz

My grandfather introduced me to "The Biography of a Grizzly" when I was a boy, and has led me to explore some of ETS's other writings. It's great to see a fantastic site dedicated to the work of this (at least in my experience) largely forgotten writer, illustrator and pioneer of conservation.

I read Seton as a boy and have lived "Woodcraft" through Scouting even as an adult--a fascinating site. Thanks so much.

the single greatest influence in my life at 56 its been 44 years since i stumbled across "the book of woodcraft"in my grammar school library,this year i slept outside from may first until august thirteenth,it is always nicer outside,one day i hope to travel to Wahb springs and death gulch about 85 miles south of me near the Lamar river in Y.N.P.,,,,,he forgot more natural history than I'll ever know!!!

Seton's books were my touchstones from age 8 to about 12, the early 1950s in SE Michigan. Re-reading Two Little Savages on this site I was astonished by the vivid memories every marginal illustration evoked and...well I was just overcome to realize how completely Seton's joy in nature shaped my world view. I wonder if children today find the same kind of inspiration and connection to nature on the internet or TV? Seton really should be better known and appreciated for the "woodcraft" aspect he imparted to American scouting.

if it wasnt for mr seton, i would not exist. an old eagle scout that is dedicated to setons indian and scoutcraft.

I have recently become a great fan of Mr. Seton. I have a young son, and wanted to know if you see the possibility of a resurgence of the Woodcraft Indians organization/movement. Here in the Pacific Northwest, I could see great potential in such a thing.

I've loved Seton's stories ever since I read "Raggylug". Thanks for this website.

Fascinating site.

I'm from West Branch, Michigan. May 17, 2009

I have a copy of 'Gospel of the Redman', compiled by Earnest Thompson Seton and Julia Seton that was published in 1963. However, the Foreword in my copy says that it was written in 1937. It tells of the Soul of the Redman, the Ancient way, the Wisdom, the Prophets and Whiteman's expression of Indianic thought. It's a wonderful book. I read some part of this volume everyday and I'm asking if there are any more books like it?

I have acopy of "Lives of the Hunted" by Ernest Thompson Seton. This book is signed by him and has a motif by his name, that he placed there. I am trying to find the true value of this book. It is showing as published in 1901and copyrighted by him. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you

I have been in scouting all my life. Mainly here in the UK. Very few here now the debt BP and scouts around the world owe Seton. The BBC have a great video of the tale of LOBO. My son is now fasinated by wolves and is leader of a new patrol in the troop which is of course wolves. Your site is now listed as one of my favourites!

I have been in scouting all my life. Mainly here in the UK. Very few here now the debt BP and scouts around the world owe Seton. The BBC have a great video of the tale of LOBO. My son is now fasinated by wolves and is leader of a new patrol in the troop which is of course wolves. Your site is now listed as one of my favourites!