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Collection Summary
Collection: D - D Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0441-00001
Title: Santee Hall Indian Dance Lodge, Elbowoods (N.D.)
Date: ca. 1930
Inscription/Marks: [back-written] Fort Berthold Indian reservation. Santee hall, Indian dance lodge. Santee Hall Indian Dance Lodge. Stood in Missouri River bottoms or right bank above Elbowoods, N.D. ten or twelve miles. See N.D. History Jan-Ap 1955, p 44
Summary: A round wooden lodge with a cupola and flagpole on top. An unidentified man stands in front of the entrance. Grass is visible in the foreground.||This structure was a dance hall constructed by Mandan and Hidatsa tribal members who broke away from the leadership of Old Dog at Elbowoods. This group was known as the Santee Dancing Society, and was led by White Body and Bird-Lying-Down, on whose property the lodge was built. The site has since been flooded due to the construction of the Garrison Dam.
Red ID: PH_I_88992 Image ID: 52047 Image Notes: D0441-00001-back

Collection: D Digitized Images from Collection
Title: D Collection
Date: circa 1874-circa 1960

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

Collection Summary
Collection: D - D Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0441-00001
Title: Santee Hall Indian Dance Lodge, Elbowoods (N.D.)
Date: ca. 1930
Inscription/Marks: [back-written] Fort Berthold Indian reservation. Santee hall, Indian dance lodge. Santee Hall Indian Dance Lodge. Stood in Missouri River bottoms or right bank above Elbowoods, N.D. ten or twelve miles. See N.D. History Jan-Ap 1955, p 44
Summary: A round wooden lodge with a cupola and flagpole on top. An unidentified man stands in front of the entrance. Grass is visible in the foreground.||This structure was a dance hall constructed by Mandan and Hidatsa tribal members who broke away from the leadership of Old Dog at Elbowoods. This group was known as the Santee Dancing Society, and was led by White Body and Bird-Lying-Down, on whose property the lodge was built. The site has since been flooded due to the construction of the Garrison Dam.
Red ID: PH_I_88992 Image ID: 52046 Image Notes: D0441-00001

Collection: D Digitized Images from Collection
Title: D Collection
Date: circa 1874-circa 1960

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

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