Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: indian

Vermontville, Michigan, next to the local hardware store. This one's really quite a fine piece. One of these days I'll go back and take some better photographs. Don't know much about these statues except that they're there.

Grand Portage National Monument, on Lake Superior in far northern Minnesota. Like the Voyageurs, the natives lived in a village outside the stockade. The reconstruction features several quite different lodges, a native garden, and examples of native crafts. One striking thing about the display is that the interpreters are not Native American, despite the monument's location in the midst of a large Indian reservation. I'm told that native interpreters are hired with some regularity, but visitors are prone to insulting them, so they rarely stay more than a few weeks. Sad.

Vermontville, Michigan, next to Maple Manor, which is the heart of Vermontville's annual Maple Festival. I imagine the sign's true, though that apostrophe really ought to go. Don't know much about these statues except that they're there.