After another really chilly lunch we headed over to the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site {wow…that’s a mouthful!}. This was definitely a highlight. We watched a really interesting video about what life was like for the three different tribes that made up the Knife River Indian Villages. They had a lot of hands-on stuff for the kids – which is ALWAYS a hit!
Outside, they have also built an enormous earthlodge. It was so neat to go inside and they looked amazing from the outside. In the video we learned that these usually lasted about ten years before needing to be rebuilt. They also had various sites you could walk to where they used to be many man of these homes.
Jacob also earned his Junior Ranger award here too!
We walked up to the Hidatsa Village where there used to be over one hundred earthlodges. Amazing! It would have been incredible to have seen it.
