Traditional elm bark lodges return to Minnesota
Aug 07, 2023 10:53AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Workers build the log skeleton for a traditional elm bark lodge in the Lower Sioux Community in Minnesota in May 2023. The lodge is among the first traditional elm lodges to be built in Minnesota in more than 100 years. (Photo courtesy of Sean Contreras)
By Dan Ninham, Special to ICT - August 7, 2023
By Dan Ninham, Special to ICT - August 7, 2023
The Great Lakes Lifeways Institute is joining forces with Indigenous nations in Minnesota and Ontario to build three elm bark community lodges as part of a growing effort to bring traditional lodges back to the region.
The lodges are among the first traditional lodges built in Minnesota in more than 100 years.
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