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The “Wóyake: Language in Lakota Art
The “Wóyake: Language in Lakota Art

Dates: April 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Location: Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, North Main Street, Chamberlain, SD, USA (View on Map)

The “Wóyake: Language in Lakota Art” exhibit features a stunning collection of paintings and artworks that celebrate the act of storytelling through words. From the Winter Count pictograph’s silent narrative to pieces that incorporate written words, the exhibit highlights the versatility of the Lakota language in various forms of expression,...

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Reimagining America – The Maps of Lewis and Clark
Reimagining America – The Maps of Lewis and Clark

Dates: August 29, 2024 - October 21, 2024
Location: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, County Road 37, Stanton, ND, USA (View on Map)

The exhibit explains how the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s findings transformed Euro-American understandings of North America in the early 1800s. It also investigates methods used by the explorers to gather and process that information, including preexisting maps, navigational scientific equipment considered cutting edge for its time, and intelligence gained from...

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Fall Homeschool Days at Big Bone Lick
Fall Homeschool Days at Big Bone Lick

Dates: September 10, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Location: Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Beaver Road, Union, KY, USA (View on Map)

Take a break from lessons and tests to spend some time outside with hands-on learning! Homeschool Days are designed for homeschooling families looking to take educational field trips. Each class will cover a new topic through two, 45-minute programs. **PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED** $10.00 per student per class, 5 and up....

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The James J. Holmberg Lecture Series – The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare
The James J. Holmberg Lecture Series – The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare

Date: October 15, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Filson Historical Society, South 3rd Street, Louisville, KY, USA (View on Map)

Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne E. Lee has argued throughout his distinguished career that wars and warfare cannot be understood by a focus that rests solely on logistics, strategy, and operations. Fighting forces bring their own cultural traditions and values onto the battlefield. In...

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Nature Tales
Nature Tales

Date: October 15, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, Sioux River Road, Sioux City, IA, USA (View on Map)

Preschoolers join us with an adult for this special story time. In 2024 we are featuring author & illustrator, Steve Jenkins. We will read Bones, make a craft, and take a short hike if weather allows. Prepare to be outdoors and dress for the weather. Limit of 20 people. Pre-register by...

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40th Annual Salt Festival at Big Bone Lick
40th Annual Salt Festival at Big Bone Lick

Dates: October 18, 2024 - October 20, 2024
Location: Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Beaver Road, Union, KY, USA (View on Map)

Purchase tickets online here: https://secure.kentucky.gov/formservices/BigBoneLick/SaltFestival Journey back in time as Big Bone Lick returns to days long past. The festival features demonstrations of European settler living and skills, frontier ingenuity, traditions, and lifeways. Browse the crafter's corner to see the many unique and hand-crafted items for sale and find lots...

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Fort Massac Encampment
Fort Massac Encampment

Dates: October 19, 2024 - October 20, 2024
Location: 1308 E 5th St, Metropolis, IL 62960, USA (View on Map)

See what life was like back in the 1700s and early 1800s at Fort Massac State Park’s 44th annual Fort Massac Encampment. This annual reenactment of late-1700s Illinois life on the frontier prairie features blanket traders, merchants, military units, fife and drum corps, and period-style food from more than 20...

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Languages on the Trail
Languages on the Trail

Date: October 19, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, USA (View on Map)

You probably already know that Lewis and Clark encountered Native Americans on their journey. But did you know that Lewis, Clark, and the Corps of Discovery came into direct contact with around 50 Native American Nations? It is important for us to know that Native Americans played a very important...

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Applebutter Fest
Applebutter Fest

Date: October 19, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: 1235 3rd Avenue, Freedom, PA, USA (View on Map)

Don’t let another year go by without stopping in for some apple butter and freshly baked bread. Try your hand at stirring the apples the traditional way in a copper kettle on an open flame! We use locally grown apples, donated by our friends at McConnells’ Farm and Market, Aliquippa. Take a...

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Scout Adventure Day
Scout Adventure Day

Date: October 19, 2024
Location: Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Green Street, Wickliffe, KY, USA (View on Map)

October 19 -- Program geared for Scouts with an emphasis on Archaeology. Guided tour of museum and mounds, hands-on demonstrations of tools, artifact identification, make and take clay pinch pots, create a Gorget necklace craft, and participate in the Native American game of Chunkey (a spear throwing activity). $5 per...

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Dogtober Fest  Kemper Outdoor Education Center
Dogtober Fest Kemper Outdoor Education Center

Date: October 20, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Kemper Outdoor Education Center, South Jasper Bell Road, Blue Springs, MO, USA (View on Map)

Who let the DOGS out?  Join more than 3,000 dogs and dog lovers for a doggone good time at the Kemper Outdoor Education Center!  Explore more than 75 booths featuring everything from pet photos and pet supplies to pet sitters and rescue.  Take part in contests like Best Trick, Best Kisser,...

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The Northfield Bank Robbery
The Northfield Bank Robbery

Date: October 20, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, USA (View on Map)

On Sunday October 20, 2024, at 2:00pm Russ Swanson will thrill the audience about what was once the largest manhunt in U.S. history. After the Northfield bank robbery, Frank and Jesse James fled across southern Minnesota and into Dakota Territory before making their way back to Missouri. Swanson will share...

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Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage
Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage

Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: 605 Barnes Street, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA (View on Map)

The Historic Trust and Humanities Washington partner to present a discussion with Trevor James Bond.  Belongings deeply important to tribal communities are often housed in museums far away from those communities. In this talk, hear the remarkable story of how the Nez Perce Tribe and their allies purchased the largest and...

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Bats, Spiders, Owls—Oh My!
Bats, Spiders, Owls—Oh My!

Date: October 25, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, OR 97103, USA (View on Map)

Do bats do aerobatics when they’re not hanging around?  Have a hoot and an owl-right time as we spin some fun tales and learn about night creatures with our ranger-led talks! The 14th annual “Bats, Spiders, Owls – Oh My!” event is Friday evening, October 25.  This event is free!...

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Monster Mash Bash – Big Bone Lick State Park
Monster Mash Bash – Big Bone Lick State Park

Dates: October 26, 2024 - October 27, 2024
Location: Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Beaver Road, Union, KY, USA (View on Map)

Save the date for 2024! *There will only be one Halloween campground weekend for 2024

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Paranormal Investigation  Missouri Town
Paranormal Investigation Missouri Town

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Missouri Town Living History Museum, East Park Road, Lee's Summit, MO, USA (View on Map)

Search for paranormal activity with trained ghost hunters!  Missouri Town is a reconstructed village of buildings and artifacts with histories all their own.  Did any spirits relocate?  You'll find out!  Ages 12 and Up.  Advance Reservations Required.  $20 per person.

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Flint Knapping with Oscar Maisel
Flint Knapping with Oscar Maisel

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Columbia Gorge Museum, Southwest Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson, WA, USA (View on Map)

“I am Oscar Maisel, an Experimental Archaeologist with a specialization in lithic replication. As an enthusiastic flint Knapper, I dedicate the majority of my time understanding the toolmaking techniques of our ancestors, which were instrumental in their survival.”

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Languages on the Trail
Languages on the Trail

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, USA (View on Map)

Have you ever played a game of "telephone?" The Corps of Discovery did a lot of that on their trip, sometimes having to have things translated through as many as four other people during a single conversation! We will talk about the importance of being able to understand each other...

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Montana Antiques Appraisal Fair!
Montana Antiques Appraisal Fair!

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 9:00 am
Location: 124 2nd Avenue East, Kalispell, MT, USA (View on Map)

Bring your fine art, collectibles, toys, heirlooms, and other interesting/valuable items to the Montana Antiques Appraisal Fair! Receive a verbal evaluation from Celebrity Appraiser Timothy Gordon and Auctioneer Grant Zahajko. This event is FREE to spectators. Enjoy the Northwest Montana Museum’s exhibitions and bookstore while you wait for your appraisal...

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Hauntings & Ghost Tales
Hauntings & Ghost Tales

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: 1235 3rd Avenue, Freedom, PA, USA (View on Map)

Join us for tales, local legends, and hauntings of Beaver County, told by guest speakers. Bring a chair and stories to share while sitting by the fire. The mansion will be spooktacularly decorated for all ages! There is a $5 fee for this event. After closing at 8:30, a special...

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Spooky Tales and Nighttime Trails
Spooky Tales and Nighttime Trails

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: John James Audubon State Park, U.S. 41, Henderson, KY, USA (View on Map)

A frightfully fun evening of night hikes and spooky stories! Beginning at 6:30 P.M., let our park naturalists lead you into the preserve for a night adventure on the trail. Learn of the mysterious and perhaps creepy nocturnal creatures of the woods in several stops along the way. By 8...

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The Object of Your Mission: Thomas Jefferson and the Lewis & Clark Expedition
The Object of Your Mission: Thomas Jefferson and the Lewis & Clark Expedition

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Hamilton Street, Harpers Ferry, WV, USA (View on Map)

During this dramatic one-hour living history presentation, Bill Barker portraying Thomas Jefferson discusses plans for the extraordinary Lewis & Clark expedition through the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean and Harpers Ferry's role in helping the Corps of Discovery be supplied for survival.

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Don Hickey – Thomas Jefferson Lecture
Don Hickey – Thomas Jefferson Lecture

Date: October 27, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, USA (View on Map)

Award-winning author and historian Don Hickey will deliver an illustrated lecture on Jefferson at the Betty Strong Encounter Center at 2:00 PM on October 27, 2024. Admission is free with a reception to follow. Thomas Jefferson, a Renaissance man with broad interests and a powerful intellect, was known as the...

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Cedar and Sea: the Maritime Culture of the Indigenous Coastal People of the Pacific Northwest
Cedar and Sea: the Maritime Culture of the Indigenous Coastal People of the Pacific Northwest

Dates: November 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Location: Columbia River Maritime Museum, Marine Drive, Astoria, OR, USA (View on Map)

This new permanent exhibit Opens at Columbia River Maritime Museum on November 1st. Cedar and Sea: the Maritime Culture of the Indigenous Coastal People of the Pacific Northwest - Pacific Northwest Coastal Indigenous People used their deep knowledge of their environment to harvest its natural wealth, developing sophisticated technologies that...

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Fort de Chartres Winter Rendezvous
Fort de Chartres Winter Rendezvous

Dates: November 2, 2024 - November 3, 2024
Location: Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, State Route 155, Prairie du Rocher, IL, USA (View on Map)

This event features 18th and early 19th century camp life and reenactors who participate in a muzzleloader woods walk shooting competition. Fort de Chartres State Historic Site presents a weekend of colorful clothing, hand-made crafts, period music and delicious food when the annual Winter Rendezvous returns November 2 & 35. Soldiers, trappers,...

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Jr. Ranger Day: Lewis & Clark Trail Badge
Jr. Ranger Day: Lewis & Clark Trail Badge

Date: November 2, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Green Street, Wickliffe, KY, USA (View on Map)

Lewis & Clark Jr. Ranger Day (10:00AM & 2:00PM) Learn about the Lewis & Clark expedition in our area and become a Jr. Ranger of the Lewis & Clark Trail with activity booklet and earn your badge! Free program.

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Lewis & Clark at Wickliffe Mounds
Lewis & Clark at Wickliffe Mounds

Date: November 2, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: 94 Green Street, Wickliffe, KY, USA (View on Map)

Join us on November 2, 2024 to learn about the Lewis & Clark expedition in our area and try your skill with feather quill writing, just like Lewis & Clark. Work on your Jr. Ranger activity booklet and earn your badge! Lewis & Clark coloring books and Native Names stickers...

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Paranormal Investigations – Big Bone Lick
Paranormal Investigations – Big Bone Lick

Date: November 2, 2024
Time: 8:30 pm
Location: Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Beaver Road, Union, KY, USA (View on Map)

*PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED* Join park staff and the ESP Encounters of Supernatural Phenomena investigators for a night of paranormal investigation! We will be using a variety of investigative tools to explore various areas throughout the park. Please meet at the Museum at 8:30 p.m. Preregistration is required. 12 and up,...

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Scout Day Campus Martius Museum
Scout Day Campus Martius Museum

Date: November 2, 2024
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Campus Martius Museum, 2nd Street, Marietta, OH, USA (View on Map)

Join us for Scout Day at Campus Martius Museum! Free Admission to all BSA, Girl Scouts of America and Royal Ranger, etc.No reservation is necessary, but please arrive in uniform. Adult leaders in uniform or with Scout ID are also admitted at no charge.(no charge for museum members and children...

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Fort Atkinson Candlelight Tour
Fort Atkinson Candlelight Tour

Date: November 2, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Fort Atkinson, South 7th Street, Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, USA (View on Map)

Join us for the Fort Atkinson Candlelight Tour! Each stop along the way will reveal another part of the evening’s theme, “The Election of 1824 and the Return of General Henry Atkinson”. This walking tour among the historic buildings and around the grounds will take approximately one and a half hours....

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Plains Indian Sign Language
Plains Indian Sign Language

Date: November 7, 2024
Location: C. M. Russell Museum, 13th Street North, Great Falls, MT, USA (View on Map)

Dr. Real Bird will explore the intertribal movement of traditional language revitalization and demonstrate how language acquisition is enhanced through the use of traditional Plains Indian Sign Language. Once the primary communication medium between indigenous nations and the western movement, this approach integrates language learning with movement, creating an effective,...

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36th Annual Lough Legacy Veterans Day Parade
36th Annual Lough Legacy Veterans Day Parade

Date: November 11, 2024
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site | Visitor Center, East Evergreen Boulevard, Vancouver, WA, USA (View on Map)

Make plans to join us as a parade participant or come enjoy the parade and honor our military history! Please contact Mindy Wilkins at mindy.wilkins@thehistorictrust.org if you have any questions or need assistance. Vancouver, Washington has a long-established tradition of honoring our military history. Now in its 36th year, the...

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100 Years of Indian Citizenship
100 Years of Indian Citizenship

Date: November 19, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Filson Historical Society, South 3rd Street, Louisville, KY, USA (View on Map)

In June 1924, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, granting universal US citizenship to Native American individuals. While some Native American individuals celebrated this civil rights achievement, others felt divided by a forced dual identity as both citizens of their Tribal Nation and the United States. Reflecting on the 100th...

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Native American Holiday Market
Native American Holiday Market

Dates: November 29, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Location: 1234 Vandalia Street, Collinsville, Illinois, USA (View on Map)

Our Annual Native American Holiday Market is set for Friday, Nov. 29 (11 am – 6 pm) and Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 (9 am – 6 pm). It takes place at the Collinsville VFW-Post 5691, located at 1234 Vandalia Street, Collinsville, IL 62234. Over 30 Tribal Affiliated artists from across...

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A Christmas Celebration  Missouri Town
A Christmas Celebration Missouri Town

Date: December 7, 2024
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Missouri Town Living History Museum, East Park Road, Lee's Summit, MO, USA (View on Map)

Experience the holidays with the music, decor and foods of the mid-1800s in rural Missouri. Enjoy historic cooking, caroling and music throughout the village, and the Christmas traditions of another era.

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Oregon Chapter Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance December Gathering
Oregon Chapter Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance December Gathering

Date: December 7, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: 8700 Southwest Sweek Drive, Tualatin, OR, USA (View on Map)

Chapter members and friends will gather Saturday afternoon December 7, 2-6 p.m., to hear Zachary Stocks describe "York: The Man."  Zach is president of Oregon Black Pioneers and is a former seasonal ranger at Lewis and Clark National Historic Park (Fort Clatsop). The December gathering also includes the chapter's annual...

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Arrival Weekend Camp River Dubois
Arrival Weekend Camp River Dubois

Dates: December 14, 2024 - December 15, 2024
Location: Lewis and Clark (Camp River Dubois) State Historic Site, Lewis and Clark Trail, Hartford, IL, USA (View on Map)

On December 12, 1803, the Lewis & Clark Expedition arrived at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and fixed on a place to build Camp River Dubois. Arrival Weekend [December 14 & 15] marks this arrival with reenactors, demonstrators, and more! The event will feature exhibitors of vintage...

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Candlelight Tour of Fort Osage
Candlelight Tour of Fort Osage

Date: December 14, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Fort Osage National Historic Landmark, Osage Street, Sibley, MO, USA (View on Map)

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Russell Art Auction
Russell Art Auction

Dates: March 20, 2025 - March 22, 2025
Location: C. M. Russell Museum, 13th Street North, Great Falls, MT, USA (View on Map)

The Russell Auction is an annual art auction held in Great Falls, Montana. This event is one of the premier Western art auctions in the United States, attracting collectors, art enthusiasts, and Western art aficionados from around the country. Proceeds from the auction benefit the C.M. Russell Museum, which is...

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Save the Date – Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance Annual Gathering 2025
Save the Date – Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance Annual Gathering 2025

Dates: September 14, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Location: Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, Main Street, Kansas City, MO, USA (View on Map)

Mark your calendar.  The 2025 Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance Annual Gathering will convene in Kansas City, MO from September 14 - 17, 2025.  Host hotel is the Kansas City Marriott on the Plaza.  Join three days of fellowship, tours, and informative presentations.  More details to follow.

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