Paleo Foraging

Paleo Foraging Wild edibles, Paleo tech, & herbalism backed by science & Indigenous history. Author of “Native Food Plants of Texas.”

I research uses of plants, animals, and minerals based on Indigenous ethnology, history, and archaeology. I started teaching foraging 12 years ago and have been foraging regularly for most of my life. My research will soon be a book available to the public. You can preview my research findings at paleoforaging.com. I have a professional and academic background in ethnobiology, botany, entomology, and ecology, including various research and teaching positions at both UT Austin and UC Berkeley.

08/20/2026

Paleo Tech Bow Build | pt. 6b - bowstring.

The full video is on my YouTube channel.

In this video, I make an Osage orange selfbow (35 lbs at 32”, 63” length), yucca fiber bowstring, dogwood arrow, and flint arrowhead using Paleolithic (Stone-Age) technology and only tools and materials gathered on-site.

You can get my book on Indigenous uses of plants in Texas for food here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Get my eBook, merch, or register for classes on my website.

08/20/2026

Paleo Tech Bow Build | pt. 6a - fibers.

The full video is on my YouTube channel.

In this video, I make an Osage orange selfbow (35 lbs at 32”, 63” length), yucca fiber bowstring, dogwood arrow, and flint arrowhead using Paleolithic (Stone-Age) technology and only tools and materials gathered on-site.

You can get my book on Indigenous uses of plants in Texas for food here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Get my eBook, merch, or register for classes on my website.

08/19/2026

Paleo Tech Bow Build | pt. 5 - tillering.

The full video is on my YouTube channel.

In this video, I make an Osage orange selfbow (35 lbs at 32”, 63” length), yucca fiber bowstring, dogwood arrow, and flint arrowhead using Paleolithic (Stone-Age) technology and only tools and materials gathered on-site.

You can get my book on Indigenous uses of plants in Texas for food here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Get my eBook, merch, or register for classes on my website.

08/19/2026

Paleo Tech Bow Build | pt. 4 - reduction

The full video is on my YouTube channel.

In this video, I make an Osage orange selfbow (35 lbs at 32”, 63” length), yucca fiber bowstring, dogwood arrow, and flint arrowhead using Paleolithic (Stone-Age) technology and only tools and materials gathered on-site.

You can get my book on Indigenous uses of plants in Texas for food here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Get my eBook, merch, or register for classes on my website.

08/18/2026

Paleo Tech Bow Build | pt. 3 - splitting

The full video is on my YouTube channel.

In this video, I make an Osage orange selfbow (35 # at 32”, 63” length), yucca fiber bowstring, dogwood arrow, and flint arrowhead using Paleolithic (Stone-Age) technology and only tools and materials gathered on-site.

You can get my book on Indigenous uses of plants in Texas for food here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Get my eBook, merch, or register for classes on my website.

flintknapping

08/17/2026

Paleo Tech Bow Build | pt. 2 - cut branch

The full video is on my YouTube channel.

In this video, I make an Osage orange selfbow (35 # at 32”, 63” length), yucca fiber bowstring, dogwood arrow, and flint arrowhead using Paleolithic (Stone-Age) technology and only tools and materials gathered on-site.

You can get my book on Indigenous uses of plants in Texas for food here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Get my eBook, merch, or register for classes on my website.

flintknapping

08/17/2026

Paleo Tech Bow Build | pt. 1 - handaxe

The full video is on my YouTube channel.

In this video, I make an Osage orange selfbow (35 # at 32”, 63” length), yucca fiber bowstring, dogwood arrow, and flint arrowhead using Paleolithic (Stone-Age) technology and only tools and materials gathered on-site.

You can get my book on Indigenous uses of plants in Texas for food here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Get my eBook, merch, or register for classes on my website.

flintknapping

07/22/2026

Native uses of Buffalo Gourd.

Note that the Indigenous peoples mentioned are still living cultures and when I use past tense it is to describe practices in a historical context.

My book: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

REFERENCES
- Bean, John Lowell and Katherine Siva Saubel. 1972. Temalpakh (from the earth): Cahuilla Indian knowledge and usage of plants. Malki Museum Press, Banning CA.
- Gilmore, Melvin Randolph. 1977. Uses of plants by the Indians of the Missouri River region. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln NE.
- Jones, Volney H. 1931. The ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians. University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis.
- Munson, Patrick J. 1981. Contributions to Osage and Lakota Ethnobotany. Plains Anthropologist 26(93):229:240.
- Robbins, Wilfred William, Harrington, John Peabody, and Barbara Freire-Marreco. 1916. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 55. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
- Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes. 1939. Economic botany of the Kiowa Indians: as it relates to the history of the tribe. Botanical Museum, Cambridge, MA.

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