The Heritage Outbound Summer Adventure Trip features a canoe tour of the Missouri River. The trip will include natural history specialists, artists, historians, and American Indian storytellers.
Registration is required.
Fees will be charged to cover transportation and food. Space is limited. Interdisciplinary programs will be provided by the sponsors, which are the State Historical Society of North Dakota, North Dakota Tourism Department, North Dakota Council on the Arts, North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department, North Dakota Geological Survey, the Three Affiliated Tribes Museum at New Town, the North Dakota Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Foundation, the Dakota Astronomical Society, the National Park Service at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site at Stanton, and the U.S. Forest Service. Participants will also camp on the banks of the Missouri River in a tipi, examine earthlodge archeological evidence at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site and Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site, study the well-known artwork of Karl Bodmer and George Catlin, and enjoy a traditional meal of buffalo, corn and squash while listening to American Indian stories around an open fire. Throughout the trip, participants can try their hand at sketching the Missouri River corridor, as well as learn about the Three Affiliated Tribes past and present.