The Council House

An Apalachee potter interacts with children during an educational camp at Mission San Luis.
Children walk in front of the reconstructed Apalachee council house during a school tour.
An interior view of the Apalachee council house, the largest known historic period Indian building in the Southeast.
Mission San Luis has an ongoing archaeological research program and is the most thoroughly investigated mission in the Southeast.
Living history interpreters visit outside the reconstructed 17th century Franciscan church.
An interior view of the 17th century Franciscan church.

Reconstructing Mission San Luis

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Interior view of the finished structure that held 2,000 to 3,000 people.
Young students learning about Apalachee lifeways and traditions.
Chief Gilmer Bennett of the Apalachee Indians, along with his son and grandchildren, sit on the chief's bench inside the council house.

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