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Weekend programs open ‘L&C and (June 23, 2008) – Events ranging from traditional Lakota games to a pipestone art program to tipi demonstrations and a German heritage food encounter will mark the opening of “Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country” Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at the Center. Admission and programs will be free.
Lakota cultural documentarian Don Moccasin will present interpretive tipi demonstrations on the Center’s grounds, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday and continuing throughout the day and on Sunday afternoon. Moccasin is associated with Sinte Gleska University, Mission, S.D. He teaches art and is a translator of the Lakota language. Members of the Jungers family will present “A German Heritage Food Encounter: Staerzelen” at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Encounter Center activity room. The family’s Northwest Iowa heritage reflects the long history of German culture in this region. German naturalist Prince Alexander Maximilian led an expedition from 1832 to 1834 into the American West. He was accompanied by Swiss artist Karl Bodmer whose work appears in the “Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country” exhibit. Maximilian felt prior expeditions had not provided a true look at Northern America’s natural setting as well as cultures of the Native people who inhabited it. Opening weekend events will continue Sunday with Chuck Derby’s program on “Pipemaking and the Pipe” at 1 p.m. in the Stanley Evans Auditorium. A Pipestone, Minn., artist, Derby will discuss how stone is quarried for pipe-making. His presentation also will emphasize respect for elders. The 1,000-square-foot “Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country” traveling exhibit tells the story of the 1804–1806 expedition from the perspective of Native people who lived along the route. It is based on a major exhibition of the same name created by The Newberry Library in Chicago in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) and made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Additional support came from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Sara Lee Foundation is the lead corporate sponsor; Ruth C. Ruggles and the National Park Service also supported the exhibit. The Center is one of 27 sites in the nation selected for the exhibition which will run through Aug. 8. It is presented in cooperation with Briar Cliff University’s Bishop Mueller Library. “Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country” draws from original documents in Native American collections of the Newberry Library; the Washington State Historical Society; Minnesota Historical Society and other institutions. Photographs of handwritten documents, maps, paintings and drawings provide a colorful background for the story of encounters. The Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center and the adjoining Betty Strong Encounter Center are located on Sioux City’s riverfront, exit 149, off I-29. The Center is a private, non-profit institution, built and sustained by Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. (MRHD). The Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; closed Mondays. Admission and programs are free. For more information, visit www.siouxcitylcic.com or call 712-224-5242.
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The events will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday in the activity room with a
traditional Lakota games workshop led by
artist Mike Marshall, of Rosebud, S.D.
Participants will make a game, learn about
its history and how to play it. The workshop
will continue through the morning, followed
by outdoor and indoor games demonstrations
throughout the afternoon and Sunday.