Seton – Ernest Thompson Seton Institute

Seton Book Club launching on Oct 23 at 4:00 p.m. CST

Hello! We are happy to announce that Ellen Shelby will be leading the Ernest Thompson Seton Institute book club! The atmosphere will homey and casual meeting via zoom. The first session will be Sunday, October 23 @ 4:00pm CST.Our first selection will be Two Little Savages, which is available as a free download here. The … Read more

Happy 162nd Birthday ETS!

Birthdays have always been special in the Seton family with many events planned around E. T. Seton’s birthday on August 14th. See our Facebook posts throughout the day for information about these events.

Seton and Indigenous Peoples

Seton as an Artist

Student internship sponsors needed! Please donate to our projects on Giving Tuesday. Seton was trained as an artist and specialized in wildlife art.

Seton and Youth Education

Youth programs established or influenced by Seton include Boy Scouts of America, Boy Scouts (UK), Camp Fire Organization, Girl Scouts of the USA, Woodland Folk, and others.

Seton’s Nature-centric Philosophy

Google Arts and Culture page on ETS as an artist

Although the cover image is of John Burroughs, the brief content of this article is about Seton as an artist. Check it out!

Conservation Influencers

Please Donate to the Institute

Dear Friends, We are seeking funds to support our Oral History Project and for building the base for our proposed scholarship program. Over the past year, we have accomplished the following: 1. Received the IRS 501c3 designation, retroactive to July 2017. 2. Collected two new oral histories from two people influenced by Seton’s work. These … Read more

More on the historic meeting of the Scouting Founders’ Granddaughters

By Mark Beese To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wood Badge at Gilwell, about 80 Scouts and Scouters met with the granddaughters of founder Robert Baden-Powell and BSA founder Ernest Thompson Seton. Gill Clay told stories of BP, the early days of Scouting and demonstrated how Scouting’s left-hand shake originated. Julie Seton talked about her … Read more