North House Folk School was alive with history and busy fourth graders as Mark Hansen (standing) and Ian Andrus (seated with toboggan) taught the kids how to make toboggans with the traditional techniques used by Ojibwa and early settlers. Hansen, one of the founders of North House, also taught the kids a good deal of local history during the three-day class.
Left: Adrian Howard-Larsen pulls four classmates on his toboggan. Hansen wanted the kids to learn how hard it was to pull a toboggan loaded with weight for even a small distance.
Above: Andrus shows the kids what their toboggans will look like when completed.
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