While visiting the Knife River Indian Villages in Stanton, North Dakota, I toured the replica Hidatsa earth lodge just outside the visitor center. The National Park Service built the lodge several years ago to provide visitors with a more visual representation of lodge life than the remains of the villages are able to depict. This particular lodge is 40 feet in diameter, making it average or slightly larger than average size. I visited in August 2017.
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| Back of the earth lodge from the visitor center |
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| Front of the lodge |
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| Entrance with bison hide door |
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| Wind break inside the "door" |
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| Post and beam construction with split logs for the lower side walls |
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| Small corral |
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| Fire ring with bed beyond |
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| Suspended storage |
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| Ceremonial honored place |
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| Garden with circular fence |
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| Drying racks for corn and other vegetables |
Entry to Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is free.
The park website is https://www.nps.gov/knri.
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