Welcome to Future Necessities
Welcome to Future Necessities, we are a wilderness living and primitive technology institute, but we are also much more. We are a family dedicated to continuing the knowledge and lifestyles of our ancestors. At Future Necessities we teach the skills necessary to live in a natural setting with a strong emphasis on the skills that native Minnesotans used to make their lives comfortable and productive. The primitive technology community is a relatively large group and there are so many skills, and so much knowledge that can be shared. What we offer here is an excellent introduction to the natural living world, as well as several in depth classes for those who wish to master certain skill areas.
Also at Future Necessities, we recreate the tools and arts of the original peoples of North America. We build artifact recreations as well as original pieces of art based on the primitive Minnesota world, and the entire North American native culture. We create, Quill work, Moose hair embroidery, flint knapped tools, twined bags, Wampum, Roaches, bows and arrows, as well as custom leather. Between us we have a combined total of over fifty year's reproduction experience. Most of our creations are custom ordered for re-enactments, rendezvous, or Native American artifact collectors. However we can make anything you want, just check out the gallery to see some of our reproduction work.
We also carry the necessary tools and materials for you to create your own primitive technology or wilderness living projects. We carry books, flint knapping billets, stones for flint knapping, leather, several needles and threads for reproducing Native American or Neolithic artifacts.
We offer several one day or multiple day classes in the twin cities area, including Quill work, Flint Knapping, Twining and Cordage, Friction fire starting, bow making and Ground Stone tools. Check out our classes for more info.
We currently utilize State Park campgrounds and urban parks as a base for teaching Survival classes based on the four basic necessities of wilderness survival; shelter, fire, water, and food. These are intensive classes that will require participants to actually live in a wilderness setting. We will cover friction fire starting, basic shelter building, and vegetable food harvesting plus fishing with natural equipment. We also cover how to find water where there appears to be none and how to make water safe for drinking. We will also cover some other areas including basic flint knapping, cordage making, and brain tanning. Along with these we also offer one day specific classes on brain tanning, cordage making, bow making and more.
Minnesota and the Midwest offer an enormous amount of usable natural resources. We are blessed with a massive amount of natural foods, including plants animals and fish we also have a plethora of usable plant and wood fibers for rope, bows, shelters, and more for all of your wilderness survival needs. This is one of the best environments in the world for sustaining human life, yet for some reason there are few educational resources here. The deserts are crowded with survival schools, the east and west coasts are inundated with learning facilities, and the South-East is booming with classes teaching how to live. So we are here now to bring the Midwest into the world of survival, primitive technology, and natural living.
Welcome to Future Necessities School of Wilderness Living and Primitive Technology.
