
The collection includes winter and summer houses used by the tribes, and dioramas that depict the lives of the people who lived here from 1750-1830. It was considered one of the largest Native American villages in North America. The museum interprets the story of the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes that lived in the area in a village called the Saukenuk. John Hauberg, a Rock Island philanthropist. The museum itself opened in the lodge in 1939 with a collection started by Dr. The park was established in 1927 and the lodge was built in 1934 as a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is part of the Illinois State Park Lodges and Cabins Thematic Resources.

The museum is in a historic building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. John Hauberg Museum of Native American Life is located in the Black Hawk Museum and Lodge at Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. The Holiday Inn Rock Island-Quad Cities offers over 10,000 square feet of flexible meeting space to plan a corporate event, an intimate cocktail party, a celebratory banquet or a wedding reception.41☂7′52″N 90☃4′20″W / 41.464378°N 90.572258°W / 41.464378 -90.572258 Our newly renovated hotel features 172 guest rooms with free Wi-Fi, microwave, mini refrigerator, and Keurig coffee maker. Other sporting events happening near our hotel are the Quad City Times Bix 7 race, John Deere Classic, Quad City River Bandits baseball at Modern Woodmen Park, Quad Cities Marathon, and Quad City Storm hockey. The Holiday Inn Rock Island is located 15 minutes from TBK Bank Sports Complex, Greenvalley Sports Complex and Hitmen Fields at Epperly Park (formerly Hitmen Sports Complex). We are home to the Gumbo Ya Ya and Ya Maka My Weekend festivals and the Rock Island Grand Prix.

Ambrose University, Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, TaxSlayer Center, and Adler Theatre are nearby.

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