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![Black and white photograph of a male Native American chief standing in front of a hand-made medicine lodge structure. Black and white photograph of a male Native American chief standing in front of a hand-made medicine lodge structure.](../../../../../assets/exhibition/detail/OB1287.jpeg)
Grand Medicine Lodge and Chief Ojibway, White Earth Indian Reservation, Minnesota, 1910
The sweatlodge ceremony was first practiced by the Plains Indians and has spread to many other tribes. A sweatlodge is typically a tent-like structure that traps heat under blankets or animal hides, promoting wellness by cleansing and purifying the body and spirit.
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society