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The Nature of the Tribe

In the Great Lakes, Native tribes were composed of a number of smaller villages or bands of semi-sedentary groups living together. Only rarely did these tribes assemble in large groups, except in summer, when several hundred people might live together, and during a time of major warfare. For religious events, especially the Medicine Dance, a large group might assemble. Lacrosse games could also attract large groups and tribes close to the Prairies might assemble for their spring buffalo hunt.

Cosmic Curiosities

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”                                                               
- Gustave Flaubert, 19th-century French Novelist

TESS Triumphs

Cosmic Curiosities

“If you don’t see the book you want on the shelf, write it.”
- Beverly Cleary, American Children’s Author

Written in the Stars

Cosmic Curiosities

“Time is not measured by clocks, but by moments.”
~ Author unknown

Eclipse Reflections

Cosmic Curiosities

“There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same

Cosmic Curiosities

“I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.”
- Elon Musk

Cosmic Curiosities

“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”
- Saint Augustine

Bye Bye Betelgeuse?

Cosmic Curiosities

“For when I look at the moon, I do not see a hostile, empty world.
I see the radiant body where man has taken his first steps into a frontier that will never end.”                      - David Scott, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut

Meteor Drip

Great Lakes Indian people depended on the food secured by hunting and trapping, and these foods formed a considerable part of their diet.

Deer and moose were hunted as well as several kinds of fox -- red, the black, and silver gray. Timber wolves, a large prairie wolf, and a smaller prairie wolf that was not considered very good eating were also hunted. The bear was not killed without a special ceremony and apology, for this animal was greatly revered.

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Visitors are welcome to explore within Museum hours and visits are not limited to a specific duration.