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8 Overlooked Survival Skills That Kept The Native Americans Alive

8 Overlooked Survival Skills That Kept The Native Americans Alive

I have a lot of respect for Native Americans — those who populated this land before the first European white man set foot on these shores. History rarely mentions it, but countless thousands of those Indians were killed by disease ...

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Bugging-In: A Safer And More Practical Alternative To Bugging-Out

Bugging-In: A Safer And More Practical Alternative To Bugging-Out

If you look around the internet these days, you might get confused about whether it’s better to be bugging-out or bugging-in should a disaster strike. It seems like most of the big name preppers are recommending bugging-out, rather than staying ...

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How To Protect Your Family With A Fortified Front Door

How To Protect Your Family With A Fortified Front Door

The most common entry point into a home for burglars or attackers is the front door. Regardless of how many other ways there are to enter a home, burglars follow the way that we all typically use to enter a ...

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Everything You’ve Heard About Stockpiling Ammo Is Wrong

Everything You’ve Heard About Stockpiling Ammo Is Wrong

Amongst all the critical supplies that survivalists stockpile, there is nothing more controversial than ammunition. When it comes to food and water, you never hear someone saying, “That’s too much.” But you can hear that with ammo. You can also ...

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How To Drill Your Own Water Well Using Only PVC Pipe

How To Drill Your Own Water Well Using Only PVC Pipe

There’s something that our ancestors all had on their property, which we don’t often have today. No, I’m not referencing a barn, although that would be true. I’m referring to a water well. City water is something relatively new, at ...

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14 Self Reliance Skills Every Person Should Have

14 Self Reliance Skills Every Person Should Have

Self-reliance is somewhat of a three-legged table. People may talk about each of the three legs separately, but they all rely on one another. What are these three legs I’m talking about? Stockpiled supplies Equipment Knowledge While stockpiling supplies and ...

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8 Forgotten Ways Your Great-Grandparents Survived Hard Times

8 Forgotten Ways Your Great-Grandparents Survived Hard Times

One thing I know for certain. Previous generations survived hard times because they chose to spend money wisely. The key was never spending more than you earned. And now, as  I’ve grown older, I’ve noticed that life has lots of challenges ...

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How To Survive For Years In A Post-EMP World

How To Survive For Years In A Post-EMP World

The United States has received threats from North Korea ever since the Korean War came to a stop. While those threats have varied considerably, the most common has been for them to destroy us with nuclear weapons. In recent years, ...

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6 Power Grid Problems That Should Terrify You

6 Power Grid Problems That Should Terrify You

The American culture survives on a lifeline of electrical wires. This power grid crisscrosses the country, bringing electricity to homes, offices, factories, warehouses, farms, traffic lights and even campgrounds. Pretty much everywhere you go, you can count on being able ...

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How To Stockpile All The Water You’ll Ever Need

How To Stockpile All The Water You’ll Ever Need

Of all the supplies we stockpile for emergencies, storing water is the most difficult. The biggest problem is the sheer volume of water that we need to stockpile in order to ensure that we will have enough to see us ...

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