I completed my tour inside the Six Nations Indian Museum in Onchiota, New York, and stepped out onto the deck to begin an examination of the outdoor exhibits:
There was an impressive stone stele, or monument, proclaiming the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy to be "America's oldest ally:"
There was a small building, covered with birch bark:
A bark hut:
And the framework for a bark house:
There was an outdoor area for campfires, stories and ceremonies:
And a bark lean-to with cooking fire. There was also an entire row of cooking fires, many types for many uses:
A sign explained the Haudenosaunee Iroquois Territory:
I left the museum but couldn't leave Onchiota without stopping at this amazingly kitschy roadside attraction:
And directly across the road was this former tourist business, now just a memory:
A close-up of the side of the above building, showing a road sign for Kushaqua Mud Pond Road. Every road in the area seemed to have Indian names:
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