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Established 2002

Linn Schultz, President email: lschultz@netins.net

Lost Nation Visions, Ltd. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community organization. Its function is to aid in securing grants for community projects.

Grants successfully funded for: Landscaping the town signs Landscaping Gilroy Rustic Park entrance Improving the entryways into Lost Nation Iowa's Living Roadways Project

Community Visioning Project Lost Nation Cemetery Tree Replacement Downtown flower barrel planters Historic Silhouette Display Downtown Awning Painting Project Paint Grant for Mural on Downtown Building

One of the attractions at the Saturday, April 12, "Lost Nation: The Ioway" event was the 24 foot tipi that was set up in the Midland Lost Nation Center gym. Here you will see just how the tipi was set up in "Tipi Construction 101." Enjoy!

Left: John Palmquist of Stanton, Iowa, brought one of his tipis for display. John builds and sells tipis and is an honorary member of the Ioway tribe. He and his wife, Char, along with some other "helpers," spent about 2 hours on Saturday morning setting up this huge tipi. Here John is tying together the three poles to start the formation. Below: Linn Schultz, Char Palmquist, & John are ready to pull the tripod into position.

Left: Ok, it's up. Now what do we do? Right: John & helpers start to add poles.

Adding poles, adding poles, and adding more poles until there are14 poles.

Right: John determines where the 15th and final pole will be placed. Placing this pole in the correct position is crucial to the tipi construction!

Left: The top of the tipi with all poles in place. Right: John starts to rope the poles together at the top to secure them. The rope was tied to one of the poles in the original tripod before construction of the tipi began.

Left: Today most tipis have canvas covers. Here John unrolls the outside tipi covering. Originally, tipis were covered in deer, antelope, or buffalo skins. Right: John ties the top of the canvas cover to the top of the pole.

Left: Then the canvas is wrapped around the pole. Right: This is the hard part--now everyone has to help John raise the heavy pole which has the canvas attached. John said he missed having a 40 mph wind at this point!

Left & below: It's starting to look like a tipi!! It just takes a little teamwork.

Left: It looks good! Right: John inserts the sticks that hold the two sides of the canvas together to form the front of the tipi.

Left: And that's how you set up a tipi! Right: A view from the inside looking at the top of the tipi.

The participants in Saturday's event, l to r: John Palmquist, Tammy Rundle, Pete Fee, Kelly Rundle, and Mark L. Anderson.

Special Thanks to the Following Community-Minded Organizations, Businesses, & People Who Generously Donated to Make This Event Possible! The City of Lost Nation Lost Nation Booster Club Lost Nation Lions Club Lost Nation Business Association Joan Kleppe, Financial Services Main Street Studio Hollingsworth Realty Pat & Dan Dickman Rescued Memories American Legion Auxiliary Unit 381 Lost Nation Garden Club Gloria's Styling Salon College Club Lahey's Funeral & Cremation Svs Lost Nation Seed & Supply The Pub Club Gilroy Guest House The Gardner House Lost Nation Library Board Sons of the American Legion Union Presbyterian Church for chairs LN Legion Post for chairs Tim Duwa for his valuable assistance Bethlehem Lutheran Church

This community project was sponsored and partially funded by Lost Nation Visions, Ltd.

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