Because I am doing non traditional personas outside the typical Eurocentric cultures most often used in the SCA, I have been advised to keep detailed records of my notes and resources to share with others that may be interested in following my lead. As I mention in the blog intro, I am mainly focused at the moment in building a Native persona either #1 from my own tribe who had contact with Hernando de Soto in 1540 or #2 a Canadian Metis persona, likely Cree, who are one of many of the First Nations people Jacques Cartier write about in the mid 1500s.
Now I know a decent bit about Metis as a culture and the Cree, even more about my own tribe, so a lot of the harder work and research involved has to do with how to find my notch with SCA which is mostly Western Europe centered. A lot of folks have been very supportive of my choice in persona, even excited about it, but others seem unsure... for this and many other reasons I have a large hill to climb n the way of detailed documentation and pictorial record keeping. The past few month the task has seem daunting, between the work needing to be done and the concept of the expensive supplies I will need to create my garb and tools, as well as the camping stuff I will need to do event with my kids.
For this reason and my sanity I am starting slow, playing around with other garb style and learning all I can over all which I work on my main persona and plans. I hope folks like the info I collect on this blog, and feel free to share idea, resources, feedback. Collaboration is half the fun.
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