GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KOLN) - For hundreds of years, manmade hills called Pawnee earth lodges sprawled alongside Nebraska Rivers. Today, Stuhr Museum displays a rendition of this ancient form of architecture.

“The Pawnee women actually owned the earth lodges,” said Carson Sullivan, a maintenance worker at Stuhr Museum. “So when they would get married, the man would move in with the wife’s family, and they owned the earth lodge and took care of it.”

Back then, Pawnee earth lodges lasted about seven years. When the Stuhr Museum exhibit started to deteriorate, 20-year-old Carson Sullivan helped rebuild it for future generations to enjoy.

“What happened to the old one was it was just old,” Carson said. “And we also had woodchucks get into and start eating away at the wood, and they were like,

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