Evard H Gibby

Evard Gibby is also the author of "How To Tan Skins the Indian Way" and "How To Make Primitive Pottery", both very successful books also published by Eagle's View Publishing. In the late 1960's he began experimenting with hide tanning using a kit purchased from a mail order firm. About the same time, while a student at Brigham Young University, he obtained a copy of Larry Dean Olson's book "Outdoor Survival Skills" and began to practice these skills with his younger brothers. Through his...See more

Evard Gibby is also the author of "How To Tan Skins the Indian Way" and "How To Make Primitive Pottery", both very successful books also published by Eagle's View Publishing. In the late 1960's he began experimenting with hide tanning using a kit purchased from a mail order firm. About the same time, while a student at Brigham Young University, he obtained a copy of Larry Dean Olson's book "Outdoor Survival Skills" and began to practice these skills with his younger brothers. Through his association with a unique Specialty Explorer Post of the Boy Scouts of America, called the "Anasazi Post", he has become ever more knowledgeable about the skills and techniques practiced by primitive peoples in North America and elsewhere. The post specializes in teaching young people these skills. In addition to his Boy Scouts, he has taught at the Boulder Outdoor Survival School's Annual Rabbit Stick Rendezvous and through the Continuing Education Department of the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. Evard was raised on a farm near Burley, Idaho, where he gained a love of nature and the outdoors. He graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in 1972 with a degree in Zoology. He has worked as an Environmental Health Specialist for the Public Health Department in Twin Falls, Idaho since 1979. Evard enjoys camping with his family, nature study, primitive skills and photography. He and his wife Paula have five sons and one daughter and live in Kimberly, Idaho. See less