Northern Lights Theater

The Potawatomi are Woodland Indians, and many of the bead patterns that were created throughout history were derivative of nature forms. In the Northern Lights Theater, the bead pattern that frames the stage reflects that fact through a vine and leaf design. According to Clarice Werle-Ritchie, a tribal historian, the pattern was designed by the grandmother of Mary Wensaut, one of the Potawatomi tribal elders. Marion Tecumseh, known to other tribal members as Monyon, created the woodland pattern that is seen magnified around the stage area.

Stage Bead Pattern

Many of the design elements around the casino, like the bead pattern, were made with painstaking detail and time. Be sure to look closely the next time you visit the Northern Lights Theater to fully capture the history that frames today's entertainment.

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