Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village

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Archeological site located in Mitchell, South Dakota

  • Filming a video about the village
  • Interior of an earth lodge
  • Bull Boats as sketched during the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Bull boat constructed from a single buffalo hide
  • Garden with the big three, corn, beans and squash
  • Corn on the cob didn’t always look like it does today
  • Archeodome
  • The Archeodome encloses the dig area
  • Students from Exter University in England
  • Bison bones under the grids
  • Archeology can be tedious, the excitement we saw when an arrowhead was discovered made it worthwhile for the students

Dakota Discovery Museum

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The Dakota Discovery Museum in Mitchell, South Dakota. It is very well done with exhibits that draw you in. We ended up spending several hours discovering new things.

  • Exterior
    Museum Building
  • Indian Artifacts
  • Barbed Wire came in many different forms
  • Charles Hargen’s studio
  • Development of a magazine cover
  • Oscar Howe painting

Rain, Hail and Winds

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Some days the sun is out. Many days it has looked like this during our travels north through the plains states.