American Indian Cultural Regions – Object #5

Camp at Stony Lake

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<p>A black and white photograph shows several Indian tipis on a flat barren area with no grass. Two Native American can be seen leaving the area on horseback.</p>

Camp at Stony Lake, several tipis in open area.

Questions:

Analyze the landscape, what do you notice? Analyze the structure of the nomadic dwellings, how are they similar to settled Indian dwellings?

What do you wonder about … who? what? when? where? Why?

List one or two things the source tells you about life in this time period in this part of the country.

Citations

Curtis, Edward S, photographer. Camp at Stony Lake. Ontario Stony Lake, ca. 1905. January 6. Photograph. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.