Wagonhaya Earth Lodge
Located within Omaha's Fontenelle Forest Nature Center at 1111 Bellevue Boulevard North in Bellevue, Nebraska, the Wagonhaya Earth Lodge offers an immersive experience into the history of the Great Plains region. The name Wagonhaya is derived from the Otoe-Missouria tribe, with 'wagons' signifying those used by the European colonizers and 'haya' meaning 'house,' highlighting the transition period between nomadic Native American life and the introduction of European-style dwellings.
Built in the style of a Kansa Indian earth lodge, the structure is typical of the traditional dwellings used by Great Plains Native American tribes from the 1673 to 1879 period. Guests can walk through a full-scale replica of an earth lodge circa the 1790s-1840s era. The traditional earthen construction features cattail insulation and includes an entryway that helps to absorb rain runoff and alleviate erosion. Visitors are also encouraged to explore the associated kitchen garden and nearby woodland where medicinal herbs such as chicory, comfrey, and elder grow.
As part of a National Park Foundation program and Fontenelle Forest Nature Center initiative, Wagonhaya represents a crossroads for multiple Native American pathfinders, early traders, and American fur trappers all the way to the Overland Trail with travelers heading west towards their eventual destinations at Long's Peak and destinations such as San Francisco, Santa Fe or Vancouver. Known as a prime archaeological discovery site, it enables visitors to engage firsthand in such matters as Earthlodge architecture as explored in primary-source documentation that the Lewis And Clark missions unearthed in research trips conducted approximately one and three-quarters centuries ago.
Further insight can be gained by exploration and involvement with educational programs on-site, as park facilitators offer activity development, designed to align learning with state-based educational benchmarks standard level attainment education. Providing an interactive resource gateway to 'understanding present day environmental resource and land-matter developments,' and considering our society's role and influence, and as our region takes 'account,' current park services through Fontenelle 'take stock.'
At the Wagonhaya Earth Lodge and surrounds, cross-cultural interactive learning areas such as life-like miniature earthlodge creations set up in the nearby forest for exploring purposes, or re-created past events using authentic materials like birch trees offer potential and future development understanding of traditional knowledge sharing sources through 'the trails' as once performed to perform dances led by woodland tribal chief authorities. An examination of Earthlodges existing throughout the several countries' regional outlying territories and North Americas own shared United states region will demonstrate historical, structural, similar native earth lodge architectural features through 'place.'
Fontenelle presented evidence for preserving naturally regenerative land, history sites showing some long-established habitats nearby, highlighting that there are many diverse habitats along and across regional regions, like these so our trails along parks contribute our unique view overall when taking local history walk. Ultimately through understanding cultural identity expressions and history in such ways we can gain clues about human relationships which would ensure a careful conservation balance to the ecosystem.
In respect to traveling throughout, we draw from knowledge gained at stops and various monuments such as landmarks associated with this area to bring the appreciation for a beautiful national and local wildlife. Also through the trails by-way the true Nebraska view offered to travelers' truly completes the discovery that traveling outside urban cities offers. An appreciation results with what nature shows a gift on trips through it.
Built in the style of a Kansa Indian earth lodge, the structure is typical of the traditional dwellings used by Great Plains Native American tribes from the 1673 to 1879 period. Guests can walk through a full-scale replica of an earth lodge circa the 1790s-1840s era. The traditional earthen construction features cattail insulation and includes an entryway that helps to absorb rain runoff and alleviate erosion. Visitors are also encouraged to explore the associated kitchen garden and nearby woodland where medicinal herbs such as chicory, comfrey, and elder grow.
As part of a National Park Foundation program and Fontenelle Forest Nature Center initiative, Wagonhaya represents a crossroads for multiple Native American pathfinders, early traders, and American fur trappers all the way to the Overland Trail with travelers heading west towards their eventual destinations at Long's Peak and destinations such as San Francisco, Santa Fe or Vancouver. Known as a prime archaeological discovery site, it enables visitors to engage firsthand in such matters as Earthlodge architecture as explored in primary-source documentation that the Lewis And Clark missions unearthed in research trips conducted approximately one and three-quarters centuries ago.
Further insight can be gained by exploration and involvement with educational programs on-site, as park facilitators offer activity development, designed to align learning with state-based educational benchmarks standard level attainment education. Providing an interactive resource gateway to 'understanding present day environmental resource and land-matter developments,' and considering our society's role and influence, and as our region takes 'account,' current park services through Fontenelle 'take stock.'
At the Wagonhaya Earth Lodge and surrounds, cross-cultural interactive learning areas such as life-like miniature earthlodge creations set up in the nearby forest for exploring purposes, or re-created past events using authentic materials like birch trees offer potential and future development understanding of traditional knowledge sharing sources through 'the trails' as once performed to perform dances led by woodland tribal chief authorities. An examination of Earthlodges existing throughout the several countries' regional outlying territories and North Americas own shared United states region will demonstrate historical, structural, similar native earth lodge architectural features through 'place.'
Fontenelle presented evidence for preserving naturally regenerative land, history sites showing some long-established habitats nearby, highlighting that there are many diverse habitats along and across regional regions, like these so our trails along parks contribute our unique view overall when taking local history walk. Ultimately through understanding cultural identity expressions and history in such ways we can gain clues about human relationships which would ensure a careful conservation balance to the ecosystem.
In respect to traveling throughout, we draw from knowledge gained at stops and various monuments such as landmarks associated with this area to bring the appreciation for a beautiful national and local wildlife. Also through the trails by-way the true Nebraska view offered to travelers' truly completes the discovery that traveling outside urban cities offers. An appreciation results with what nature shows a gift on trips through it.
