Indian Boundary Park is a thirteen-acre park in the West Ridge

West Ridge, Chicago

West Ridge is one of 77 Chicago community areas. It is a middle class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of Chicago. It is located in the 50th Ward...

 neighborhood of Chicago

Chicago

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 that opened in 1922. It is named after a boundary line that was determined in the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis

Treaty of St. Louis

The Treaty of St. Louis is one of many treaties signed between the United States and various Native American tribes.-1804 - Sauk and Fox :...

 between the Odawa

Odawa people

The Odawa or Ottawa, said to mean "traders," are a Native American and First Nations people. They are one of the Anishinaabeg, related to but distinct from the Ojibwe nation. Their original homelands are located on Manitoulin Island, near the northern shores of Lake Huron, on the Bruce Peninsula in...

, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi

Potawatomi

The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...

 tribes and the United States government. The line ran through the present park.

Indian Boundary Park is known for its small zoo, which is one of two zoos within the Chicago city limits. The zoo began with a single American black bear

American black bear

The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent's smallest and most common bear species. Black bears are omnivores, with their diets varying greatly depending on season and location. They typically live in largely forested areas, but do leave forests in...

; it now primarily houses farm animals, such as goats, sheep, ducks, and chickens. Indian Boundary Park is also noted for its fieldhouse, which was completed in 1929. The design of the fieldhouse incorporates Native American

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

 and Tudor elements. In 1989, a large playground was added to the park and assembled with the help of neighborhood residents.

The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1995, and the fieldhouse was named a Chicago Landmark

Chicago Landmark

Chicago Landmark is a designation of the Mayor of Chicago and the Chicago City Council for historic buildings and other sites in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, architectural, artistic, cultural,...

in 2005.