Post by Okwes on Jan 6, 2006 2:01:17 GMT -5
The Caribou Skin Lodge Project
Dogrib caribou skin lodges were a primary form of
habitation for
centuries. At the beginning of the 20th century,
hundreds of these
lodges were in everyday use, but when canvas tents
became a common
trade item in the 1920s the caribou skin lodges
quickly disappeared.
The Caribou Skin Lodge Project began in 1997 when,
with the help of
anthropologist June Helm and Natural History Museum
director George
Schrimper, the University of Iowa Museum of Natural
History returned
a 104-year-old Dogrib caribou skin lodge to the
Northwest
Territories. Purchased from the Dogrib trading leader
Bear Lake Chief
in 1893 by naturalist Frank Russell, the original
lodge was carefully
stored in Iowa for over a century. The lodge returned
to the NWT by
the University of Iowa is likely the only surviving
Dogrib caribou
skin lodge, and it has since become an important
touchstone to a
bygone era.
pwnhc.ca/exhibits/lodge/index.html
Dogrib caribou skin lodges were a primary form of
habitation for
centuries. At the beginning of the 20th century,
hundreds of these
lodges were in everyday use, but when canvas tents
became a common
trade item in the 1920s the caribou skin lodges
quickly disappeared.
The Caribou Skin Lodge Project began in 1997 when,
with the help of
anthropologist June Helm and Natural History Museum
director George
Schrimper, the University of Iowa Museum of Natural
History returned
a 104-year-old Dogrib caribou skin lodge to the
Northwest
Territories. Purchased from the Dogrib trading leader
Bear Lake Chief
in 1893 by naturalist Frank Russell, the original
lodge was carefully
stored in Iowa for over a century. The lodge returned
to the NWT by
the University of Iowa is likely the only surviving
Dogrib caribou
skin lodge, and it has since become an important
touchstone to a
bygone era.
pwnhc.ca/exhibits/lodge/index.html