silver award tule

RESTORATION OF THE OHLONE HUT

Lavanya Neti, Sneha Anantharaman, Meha Goyal and Divjot Sandhu
silver award project
Troop 30901, Fremont
Lakshmi Anantharaman (30901 Troop Leader)

This troop is from Fremont with four 7th graders in 2016. The troop members are Lavanya Neti, Sneha Anantharaman, Meha Goyal and Divjot Sandhu.

During a fifth grade class field trip, we went on to Tule Ponds. We were really amazed with the beautiful scenery and was amused learning about how tule helped the Ohlone Indians. Since the natural wear and tear over time caused damage to the hut, we thought it would be very helpful to fix the hut, so that future girl scouts could learn more about the Ohlone Indians.


Collecting tules	Putting up Tules to repaire damage

As part of our Silver Award project, we cut, weaved, and tied tule around the hut and more. Our project helped restore the hut and create a roof to provide shade in a bird watching shed.

Through this project we learned about how flooding can affect the lifestyle of Native Americans and how tule greatly improved the life of the Ohlone Indians.


Display on project	Teaching other students