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Student members and other local Native Americans started building the wetu, or Indian hut, on Monday. They worked daily from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. until the wetu’s completion on Wednesday afternoon...

Author: By Evan J. Zepfel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Create a Wigwam in Yard | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...Native Americans at Harvard College chose to build the wetu outside Matthews Hall because recent archeological digs have pinpointed it as the site of the Harvard Indian College...

Author: By Evan J. Zepfel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Create a Wigwam in Yard | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...wetu, which is also known as a wigwam, is the historical home of the Wampanoag Indians who are native to Massachusetts. According to a sign in front of the structure, a wetu is "similar to and sometimes referred to in some northeastern communities as a wigwam...

Author: By Evan J. Zepfel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Create a Wigwam in Yard | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...construction is called a Wetu, and it is the result of a collaborative effort between the Harvard College Native Americans and supporters from the surrounding area. What French native Anouk A. Kemp ’12 called “a homage to American football or something,” is actually a handmade replica of a home commonly used by Native Americans in the Northeast...

Author: By Adam B. Vartikar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wetu in Yard Misinterpreted as Coconut | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

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