Culture plays a huge role in Montana, more than I had previously realized. The Blackfeet tribe was inhabiting the land long before the national park was ever imagined. This was the place they hunted, lived, raised families. I can only imagine what a wonderful life it must have been.
Two totems near the entrance to Glacier Park Lodge.
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| Tipi Village, guests can stay there on the Blackfeet reservation. |
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| Blackfeet artist sculpture |
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| Chief Mountain - sacred to the Blackfeet people. |
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| Examples of Native American art were beautiful and abundant. |
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| Stained Glass images of Native American scenes, Blackfeet artist. |
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| Tipi on 2nd floor, Glacier Park Lodge, named Big Trees Lodge by the Blackfeet people. |
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| Lighting art done by Blackfeet artist. This was beautiful beyond my humble photo. |
I was fortunate to get to see the
Lodgepole Gallery and Tipi Village, although I did not get to stay there in a tipi. Darrell Norman, Ee-Nees-Too-Wah-See, a Blackfeet tribal member, noted artist and historian, shared some of his personal insights with us over a very nice box lunch.
The Native American art gallery there was really nice, I would have enjoyed purchasing some of the pieces we saw, but I'm too old to begin collecting more stuff. I feel privileged to just enjoy it "in the moment".
