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Wymysłowo, Tuchola County

Coordinates: 53°36′25″N 17°54′59″E / 53.60694°N 17.91639°E / 53.60694; 17.91639
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Wymysłowo
Wymysłowo is located in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Wymysłowo
Wymysłowo
Wymysłowo is located in Poland
Wymysłowo
Wymysłowo
Coordinates: 53°36′25″N 17°54′59″E / 53.60694°N 17.91639°E / 53.60694; 17.91639
Country Poland
Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyTuchola
GminaTuchola
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
89-500
ClimateCfb

Wymysłowo is a settlement in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, within the Gmina Tuchola, Tuchola County.[1]

Culture

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In the settlement is located the Indian Museum, the museum devoted to the culture of the indigenous peoples of North America. It is dedicated to Sat-Okh, book author and promoter of the culture of Native Americans, who claimed to be of Polish and Shawnee descent.[2] However, his origins are heavily disputed, while his works are criticized for not accurate depictions of Native Americans.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Wymysłowo". pzgik.geoportal.gov.pl.
  2. ^ "Indianie w Borach Tucholskich". dziedzictwo.kpodr.pl (in Polish).
  3. ^ Katarzyna Krępulec: Stanisław Supłatowicz. Niezwykła biografia Sat-Okha, czyli jak się zostaje legendą, UMCS, Lublin 2004.