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This is a photograph of a Pottawatomie bark house from around the turn of the twentieth century. Winter residences of the Pottawatomie tended to be dome-shaped and rounded.
Date: Between 1890 and 1919
This photograph demonstrates that many of the tribes who relocated to Kansas continued to construct houses under traditional patterns. It also counteracts the common understanding that tepees are the only form of Indian dwellings.
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 23672
Call Number: E99 P8 D9 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 23672
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Ethnic Heritage - Native American
Built Environment - Function - American Indian - Bark house
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Materials - Bark
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Cultural persistence
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Pottawatomi
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s - 1919
Home and Family - Residences
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
Type of Material - Photographs
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