Doug Bent of Braintree, left, teaches Susie Marchand and her daughter Taylor Marchand,12, of Charlotte to kindle fire by striking sparks from flint and steel into a bed tinder made from natural fibers during the Abenaki Heritage Weekend at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes on June 23. Eight-year-old Jasmyn Hemenway, second from right, of the Missiquoi Tribe assists Bent in preparing fibers for the skill-share demonstration. (Herald / Seth Butler)