We can all be aware of the skills and knowledge carried by our ancestors that allowed them to flourish in the perspective parts of the world that they came from. If each of our ancestors were not successful at the practice and refinement of these skills, none of us would be here today. My personal hope is to assist you in connecting with your hardwired hominid abilities.
About Jason
Jason Drevenak was the President and Head Instructor of the North American Bushcraft School and began his relationship with the outdoors as a child on the same property where the North American Bushcraft School operated for 8 years.
He spent over six years in the U.S. Army as an Airborne combat medical specialist, created and operated The Conch Republic Kayak Company, a sea kayak company and summer camp in Key West, Florida, and has worked at several ACA white water and ocean kayaking schools on the East and West Coasts of North America. Jason was the Manager and Head Instructor for The Nantahala Outdoor Center’s Wilderness Survival & Primitive Skills School for several years. Jason was also a Lead Instructor for the Outdoor Leader Degree’s Primitive Living course offered at Southwestern Community College in Bryson City North Carolina.
Some of Jason’s mentors include Dr. Erret Callahan, Nancy Basket, Eddie Starnater and Richard Cleveland. Jason regularly teaches and offeres demonstrations at the Earthskills Rendezvous in Georgia, Firefly and Piedmont Gatherings in North Carolina and the Mother Earth News Fair in PA. In the past he has held an NC and WV EMT-Intermediate certification as well as being an AHA CPR BLS and AED Instructor. Jason has also taught wilderness medicine for Stone Hearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) and back-country firecraft at the annual Appalachian Wilderness Medical Conference and the WV School of Osteopathic Medicine. In 2015 Jason trekked the entire Serengeti National Park in Tanzania Africa with the National Geographic channel for a TV documentary called “Mygrations”, and has also done several other small projects with the Discovery Channel and A&E.
Currently Jason is embracing the new slowness of life and free time to focus on being a Primitive Skills Practitioner and not managing a school and farmstead full time.
Jason still makes Knives, Bows, Stone Tools, Buffalo and Buckskin leather bags on a request basis. Contact him for more information and photos.