The site will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fort was built between 1867 and 1873 as a military outpost, but it actually served for most of its history as an Indian boarding and community school, from 1891 to 1959. Living History Field Day is coordinated by the Friends of Fort Totten Historic Site and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The program is open to schools that have pre-registered. There are still openings for students.
Students receive a study packet to further their study in the classroom.
Members of the Odd Fellows Lodge and Pioneer Daughters Museum will also be available to visit with students. He is from Mobridge, S.D. and a member of the North Dakota Council on the Arts Touring Arts Program. Locke is a preeminent traditional flute player and hoop dancer and an enrolled member in the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. Locke has a master of arts degree in Educational Administration from the University of South Dakota. In 1990, he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts.