Wooden Native American Village Playset – River Camp, Bear Clan & Wolf Lodge

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On the Great Plains, families lived in camps that could be packed and moved with the seasons, often close to rivers for water and fish. The Native American Village brings three such camps together as a play scene inspired by Plains life, not a reconstruction of one specific nation. The totem pole, included as a bonus with the Complete Village, comes from a different region – the Pacific Northwest Coast – where tall painted cedar poles recorded the stories of a family or clan.

River Camp Set – 9 pieces

• Teepee with bison motif
• Canoe
• River Base
• Fisherman
• Fish
• Chief Seated
• Chief's Wife
• Girl Seated
• Mother with Newborn

Bear Clan Set – 8 pieces

• Teepee with bear motif
• Chief
• Horse
• Warrior with Shield
• Woman with Fruit Basket
• Mother with Child on Back
• Boy Standing
• Campfire

Wolf Lodge Set – 8 pieces

• Teepee with deer motif
• Chief Standing
• Man in Wolf Fur
• Woman with Bag
• Woman Sleeping
• Girl Standing
• Child Kneeling
• Bear Hide

Complete Village + Bonus Totem – 26 pieces

All three sets together, plus a hand-painted totem pole as a bonus.

Every piece is also sold individually on the River Camp, Bear Clan and Wolf Lodge pages.

River Camp Set

• Teepee – Height × Width × Depth: 22.0 × 17.0 × 17.0 cm (8.7 × 6.7 × 6.7 in)
• Canoe – Height × Width × Depth: 4.0 × 4.6 × 19.8 cm (1.6 × 1.8 × 7.8 in)
• River Base – Height × Width × Depth: 1.2 × 10.0 × 35.0 cm (0.5 × 3.9 × 13.8 in)
• Fisherman – Height × Width × Depth: 8.8 × 4.0 × 4.0 cm (3.5 × 1.6 × 1.6 in)
• Fish – Height × Width × Depth: 1.8 × 5.0 × 1.4 cm (0.7 × 2.0 × 0.6 in)
• Chief Seated – Height × Width × Depth: 8.2 × 5.8 × 4.2 cm (3.2 × 2.3 × 1.7 in)
• Chief's Wife – Height × Width × Depth: 6.8 × 4.6 × 4.2 cm (2.7 × 1.8 × 1.7 in)
• Girl Seated – Height × Width × Depth: 4.8 × 2.4 × 3.4 cm (1.9 × 0.9 × 1.3 in)
• Mother with Newborn – Height × Width × Depth: 10.2 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm (4.0 × 1.5 × 1.3 in)

Bear Clan Set

• Teepee – Height × Width × Depth: 22.0 × 17.0 × 17.0 cm (8.7 × 6.7 × 6.7 in)
• Chief – Height × Width × Depth: 10.2 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm (4.0 × 1.8 × 1.3 in)
• Horse – Height × Width × Depth: 10.6 × 11.2 × 2.8 cm (4.2 × 4.4 × 1.1 in)
• Warrior with Shield – Height × Width × Depth: 10.4 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm (4.1 × 1.7 × 0.9 in)
• Woman with Fruit Basket – Height × Width × Depth: 10.2 × 3.4 × 3.8 cm (4.0 × 1.3 × 1.5 in)
• Mother with Child on Back – Height × Width × Depth: 10.2 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm (4.0 × 1.5 × 1.3 in)
• Boy Standing – Height × Width × Depth: 6.4 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm (2.5 × 0.9 × 0.9 in)
• Campfire – Height × Width × Depth: 2.2 × 4.6 × 5.6 cm (0.9 × 1.8 × 2.2 in)

Wolf Lodge Set

• Teepee – Height × Width × Depth: 22.0 × 17.0 × 17.0 cm (8.7 × 6.7 × 6.7 in)
• Chief Standing – Height × Width × Depth: 11.8 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm (4.6 × 1.9 × 1.1 in)
• Man in Wolf Fur – Height × Width × Depth: 10.6 × 5.6 × 2.6 cm (4.2 × 2.2 × 1.0 in)
• Woman with Bag – Height × Width × Depth: 10.0 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm (3.9 × 1.3 × 1.3 in)
• Woman Sleeping – Height × Width × Depth: 2.4 × 9.4 × 4.2 cm (0.9 × 3.7 × 1.7 in)
• Girl Standing – Height × Width × Depth: 7.2 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm (2.8 × 0.9 × 0.9 in)
• Child Kneeling – Height × Width × Depth: 3.2 × 4.0 × 1.8 cm (1.3 × 1.6 × 0.7 in)
• Bear Hide – Height × Width × Depth: 2.2 × 12.0 × 10.0 cm (0.9 × 4.7 × 3.9 in)

Bonus Totem (Complete Village only)

• Totem – Height × Width × Depth: 18.0 × 11.0 × 2.0 cm (7.1 × 4.3 × 0.8 in)

All pieces are shaped from solid ash wood, then hand-sanded to a smooth finish with no sharp edges and hand-painted with water-based paints. They are finished with olive oil, which protects the wood against moisture. The teepees are assembled from solid ash panels. No plastics, no solvent-based finishes, no MDF, no veneers. Made in conformity with the European toy safety standard EN 71. Small variations in colour and grain are a natural part of handmade production, not defects.

One village, three families, endless stories.

With three camps side by side, children move from simple scenes to whole storylines: the fisherman brings his catch to the Bear Clan fire, the rider visits the Wolf Lodge, the families meet at the river. Playing across three camps, children practise planning, sequencing and language, and start asking how people lived, travelled and shared food before towns and roads.

The village is inspired by Montessori and Waldorf principles: real materials, simple forms, and figures with no batteries, sounds or buttons. Nothing is scripted – the child decides who lives where and what happens next.

Solid ash is dense and hard-wearing, and every piece is sanded and painted by hand in our workshop in Romania. Start with one camp and add the others over time, or bring the whole village home at once – a set made to be kept and passed on.