Is this a living history site, or is the village within the walls of a museum? If this is a living history site, it may be too dangerous for the artifacts to be in cases outside of the village area due to flucations in temperature, humidity, as well as the potential for damage and theft. If the village is within a museum, the Field Museum in Chicago has something similar. They have teepees set up that visitors can go in as an interactive experience, but all artifacts are displayed in traditional cases with traditional labels and interpretation around the room. It works very well!
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