We teach you what you need to know to be comfortable and confident in the woods and more self-reliant at home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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One of the TOP
"HANDS-ON"
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL/SELF-RELIANCE SCHOOLS

in North America

 Survive...Thrive...Stay Alive
 

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND A

MIDWEST NATIVE SKILLS INSTITUTE CLASS?

 

  • PROVEN Survival Training for emergencies that arise at or away from your home

  • Provides the most usable hands-on training to you for the time you're with us!  No other School compare! 

  • We teach by allowing you to practice the skills you need to know to survive in the wilderness and be prepared at home, not just watch someone else do the skills.

  • Student-to-teacher ratio is the lowest in the nation (most MNSI classes limited to 12-18 students).

  • Various class lengths and times to fit into your busy schedule.

  • You can elect to have a private one-on-one class, or have a private class for your friends, family or associates at competitive rates.

  • We care about the safety and security of our students and will teach you as individuals, not just as a number. 

  • You will leave the School knowing everything you need to know to protect yourself in emergency situations.

  • The most information and hands-on training for your money... classes backed with a MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

 

MNSI IN THE NEWS!

 
  Play Episode 27

"BHK Outdoors" Radio Interview (Episode #27)
Interview with Tom Laskowski  (Midwest Native Skills Institute) and Louell Crowley (Pennington Palm Productions) upcoming reality TV series, Apocolyptic Survival.


 

 

 “Apocalyptic Survival” TV Production
Upcoming reality television series about survival after a major disaster and how to survive

 

 

"Surviving Disaster - Are you Prepared?"

Aired on FOX TV on Home Preparedness for an emergency


"Hunting Survival"
Tom Laskowski's "survival" interview aired on the syndicated radio show "The Big Wild"


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Midwest Native Skills Institute (MNSI) is a non-military, wilderness, outdoors school headquartered in Ohio, offering comprehensive classes in wilderness survival designed to teach you how to survive and live comfortably in the wild with little or even no equipment.

Additionally, the skills you will learn in MNSI classes will allow you to feel more comfortable in your own home, and prepare you for any emergency inside or outside of the comfort of the four walls you live within.

Contact Us
    Email: Tom@SurvivalSchool.com
    Phone: 440-526-3672
(within Ohio)
               
   888-886-5592 (outside Ohio)

Boss, Boulder Outdoor Survival School, Tracker, Tracker School, Tom Brown,  Primitive Skills Ohio, Survival Camp Ohio,

 

GENERAL CLASS INFORMATION


Class length:  Day - Weekend - Week (6 Days)
Average Class Size: 
12-15 people
Teaching Style: 
20% lecture; 80% hands-on learning - VERY interactive, fun and relaxed

Average Age Of Attendees:  44-years-old (age has ranged from eight to 73-years-old)

Background Of Students:  Doctors, lawyers, accounts, stay-at-home moms, teachers, Boy and Girl Scouts and their leaders, students, professors, single parents, etc. - anyone who is looking to become more secure in their environment in or outside of their home
Minimum Age:  None.  Under 17-years-old must be accompanied by an adult
Typical Class Demographics:  40% female; 60% male
Average Skill Level:  Some camping and/or hiking experience

(although you don't have to have any experience at all to attend first-level classes)

Safety Of Students:  There has NEVER been ANY MNSI student injured or put in danger

in any endeavor encountered within the MNSI school or class environment

 

Classes are taught in a kind, gentle way, and include three good daily meals (you don't have to eat bugs!).  MNSI focuses on "how" to do the real skills needed to survive, rather than relying on pure physical strength.  Physical fitness or strength is not required to attend any of our classes.

Each day will be fast paced as you learn a different aspect of how to acquire shelter, fire, water and food.  You will also learn how to deal with a host of other issues such as how to navigate with or without maps as you heighten your awareness of your surroundings. 

Become a real "Survivor" and learn the real skills you see portrayed on television shows like "Man vs. Wild."  You will feel empowered as you learn to make fire by rubbing two sticks together, make a meal from the plants you find, and how to set snares or traps for food.

All meals are included (see Classes link for sample menus).  Tent camping during class is typical, however, you can make other arrangements, such as a motel stay. (See Alternate accommodations under Classes link).

 Register for a Class
For information call: 1-888-886-5592   or  Contact Us! 



Scouting Programs
We are Merit-Badge Certified
             
 

PHOTOS from RABBITSTICK RENDEZVOUS

Recipe for "TROUBLE" - Cody Lundin with Tom Laskowski  /  Steve Watts, Tom and Ron Hood

 

Spring Specials

 

                                              Cheese-Making Kits
If you're buying a gift for a cheese lover, these kits are the ultimate gifts for your friends and loved ones so that they can make BOTH Mozzarella cheese and hard cheeses (like Colby, Cheddar and Parmesan) right in their own kitchen.


Both Mozzarella and our Hard Cheese Kit


Retail Price:  $54.90
OUR Price:  $49.95  

Add to Cart

 

 



    Red Wax "Dynamic Duo" Kit

Includes both Mozzarella and Hard Cheese Kit PLUS Red Aging Wax and Weight Disks to press your cheese

 

Retail Price:  $74.90
Our Price: 
$65.95
 

Add to Cart


 

Low-Cost Fire Piston
If you're not concerned with your Fire Piston being made out of the
traditional Coco Bolo wood or Buffalo Horn, this new acrylic Fire Piston
is for you!


Retail Price:  $49.95
OUR Price:  $40.00  

Add to Cart
 

 

 


Brass Fire-Making Set (Presentation  Quality)
)

Period-accurate reproduction of the flint-and-steel sets carried by
the "gentlemen" and "upper class" fire makers of the late 17th and
early 18th century.  This set comes complete with everything you
need to make fire using flint and steel (included), as well as a high-powered magnifying lens for sunny days.  


Retail Price:  $49.95
OUR Price:  $40.45

Add to Cart

 

 

** NEW DVD **
A Guide to Field Dressing Small Game:
Fin, Fur and Feather - DVD

A detailed, step-by-step visual guide to killing game, gutting and skinning (field dressing) the game, and various ways to cook what you've hunted.  The DVD is named "Fin, Feather and Fur" since it covers virtually all of the types of game you will encounter in the wild...Fin (fish), Feather (chicken) and Fur (rabbit).


Retail Price:
  $26.95

OUR Price:  $25.00

Add to Cart
 

 

 

 

  DVD Trio
 
Get all 3 of the MNSI videos : Learning Primitive Fire Making / 40+ Ways to Make Fire and / Fin, Feather & Fur.

  Retail Price:  $80.85
  OUR Price:  $75.00   Add to Cart

 

 

 

 


 


Kaito KA500 Emergency Radio - GreenEmergency Portable Radio with Short Wave and Weather bands (plus Ways to Charge)
Dynamo & Solar-Powered Radio with all the "dream features" of shortwave bands.  Seven weather bands, severe weather alert, five LED flashlights as well as crisp AM/FM reception are a part of this "must have" product.

FREE AC adaptor included!!Kaito Electronics Inc. KA500BLK Voyager Solar/Dynamo Emergency Radio - Black

Retail Price:  $69.95
OUR Price:  
$54.95 
Add to Cart (Green)
                                       Add to Cart (Black)

 


 
 
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Upcoming Class List

Below

(click on class for details)

 

 2013
COURSES

Click on Class for description and Prices

Escape, Evasion & Invisibility
aka
 "Realm of the Native Scout"
June 8-14 2013
($845 / $745 early sign up)
 

Advanced Escape, Evasion & Invisibility
aka
 "Advanced Scout"
June 14-18, 2013
($395)

Summer Edible & Medicinal Plant Class
July 6
($60)

Survival 1
July 7-13
($795 + $30 supply fee)


Survival 1 Weekend Class
July 19-21
($350 + $20 supply fee)
 

Atlatl & Boomerang Class
July 22
($)

Survival 2
Aug 11-17
($750 + $40 Supply fee)


Kirtland Survival Seminars
Sept 6
(Free to Public)

 

Fall Edible & Medicinal Plant Class
Sept 7
($60)

Eastern Prepers & Self-Reliance Expo
Sept 14-15
Akron, Ohio

 Self Reliance Fair @ Seven Springs, PA
Sept 20-22
   sponsored by "Mother Earth News

Fire Making Class
Sept 28
($95)


Survival 3

Oct 13-19
($750)

Homesteading Skills Workshop for the Self-Reliance Home:
Candle/Wine/Cheese/Soap Making Workshops
Nov
14-17
(Take all or classes individually priced)

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Private Classes 
&

Boy Scout Programs

arranged individually
888-886-5592

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