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MUSEUM History ~ Art ~ Earth Science
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MUSEUM History ~ Art ~ Earth Science
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Archaeology
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Petroglyphs and Pictographs ~ Visit our "Rock Shelter" to learn about how early peoples lived and
their art. Make your own "pictograph". |
| Toyani - The Shoshone
Sheepeaters ~ View our "moon lodge" and learn how
these "Mountain Indians" survived on Bighorn
Sheep. Feel animal furs of various types and see an
"atlatl" (weapon). LODGE ROOM: The focal point of this room is the Soapy Dale Peak Lodge, retrieved from the Soapy Dale Peak area Meeteetse, Wyoming and reconstructed in a special outdoor exhibit area designed to display the lodge in its original environment. |
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The lodge is believed to have been a temporary shelter used during
food gathering expeditions by the Shoshone Tukadika Indians
living in the Absaroka Mountains. The lodge is shown as found,
not as it would have looked when being used. When in use, new
poles would be added, as in adding shingles to a roof, then
possibly covered with skins or woven mats to provide added
protection from the elements. When the food gathering was
completed, and the people moved on, the lodge would be left
standing until it was needed again, at which time it would be
refurbished as needed.
The term
Tukadika means "Mountain Sheep
Eater" in the Shoshone language. These people lived in the
mountains, unlike other segments of the Shoshoni, and indeed used
mountain sheep as the main part of their diet and survival
necessities.
The Colby and Horner Sites ~ See a world class find that includes some of the
earliest evidence of humans in North America and mammoth bones.
Also view Horner Site exhibit where bison mass kills occurred.
Examine the tools the Clovis people used to take down the giant
mammoth and ancient bison. Click
here to visit the Colby Site exhibit.
For more information, or to make
reservations, please contact us at the Museum at 307-347-4102
Cheryl Reichelt Director
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