This inquiry causes students to consider the geographic concept of “place” through a detailed examination of the Mandan people and, specifically, their Earth Lodges. Place refers to the conditions at a location, the features, processes, and human actions that make the location meaningful. Students need to learn to use information about the land, climate, economy, politics, and culture of a place to understand human beings’ relationship to it. Students will examine details that demonstrate how the Mandans’ homes reflected their relationship to their place. Students will also be challenged with using their historical thinking skills to evaluate the credibility of our information about the Mandan Earth Lodges.