Sanibel Sea School hosts Calusa Week at summer camp
By SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL - | Jul 28, 2021
SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL
Sanibel Sea School campers built a raft out of all natural materials for Calusa Week.
From July 19-23, the Sanibel Sea School held Calusa Week at its flagship campus on the east end of Sanibel. Campers celebrated the Calusa tribe by honing their waterfolk skills, building their own rafts and shelters, weaving palm fronds, and even making tools out of natural materials.
The Calusa lived in Southwest Florida until the mid-18th century and used the ocean as a primary resource. Evidence suggests that they did not practice agriculture but instead lived off of the ocean and made their living sailing, fishing and crafting tools out of mollusk shells.