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| Title | Kickapoo Bark Hut (Dwelling) |
| Coverage / Year | October 1906 |
| Description | Image of two bark winter huts built on the Kickapoo Reservation in Brown County, Kansas. People are possibly residents. Reverse side states, "Bark House of Andrew Magozee a [illegible] whose wife is Ahtseh, a Kickapoo, situated on the Kickapoo [illegible] Brown County, Kansas (looking w[est?]) |
| Interpretation | Evidence of similarly built dwellings can be found in excavations of the Grand Village of the Kickapoo in Ellsworth, Illinois. (See also: Meskawki Lodge; Meskawki Lodge, Reproduction). A hole in the center of the roof allowed smoke from cooking fires to escape and provided ventilation. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | American communities in history; How we learn about communities; Westward Expansion; Native American Stories |
| Learning Standards | 14 Political systems; 16 History; 17 Geography; 18 Social systems |
| Author or Creator | Custer, Milo, 1880- |
| Subject / Keywords | Kickapoo Nation; Housing; Indian reservations; Brown County, Kansas; Indians of North America |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0012A; Archives: Custer, Milo Kickapoo MS Box 8, Folder 320 - local Indian Traditions |
| CONTENTdm file name | 2810192122002_mch0012A.jpg |
