What is the significance of native lodges? Objective Students will be able to: • Discuss difference between cultures with relation to animals. • Recognize the special significance and variation of painted lodge designs within Indian cultures and discuss why wild animals might be portrayed on a lodge. • Name the three animals that occur in the traditional Blackfeet, Kootenai, Salish, and Pend d’Oreille stories from the student reading and give a unique characteristic of each of those animals. Background This lesson is one part of Work House: A Glacier National Park Science and Indian Education Duration: 60 Minutes Essential Question What is the significance of native lodges? Objective Students will be able to: • Discuss difference between cultures with relation to animals. • Recognize the special significance and variation of painted lodge designs within Indian cultures and discuss why wild animals.