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council lodge

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a temporary council house erected for a particular occasion, such as an intertribal pow-wow.

Quotations

1889

A large council lodge is erected fully 100 feet in diameter [for the Sun Dance]. The sides are formed of poles, with boughs of trees interlaced. The roof is constructed in the same manner with strong cross beams. In this place all the tribe and their visitors assemble. . . .