Family spotlights: Dakota/Ojibwe Family Day, River Rendezvous

September 21, 2013 at 10:07PM
-- Sean Milligan of Milltown, KY, dressed up in period costume to drive a team of Oxen in a demonstration for school classes touring the park. The rendezvous continues through this weekend. Sean and his family are on the road for the entire fall demonstrating the lifestyles of the past and selling their handmade arts and crafts. Sean in homeschooled by his parents. ORG XMIT: MIN2013091617385509
River Rendezvous (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

DAKOTA/OJIBWE FAMILY DAY

Speakers and artists will share the rich tradition and history of these communities. Visitors can play games or participate in a language exchange. Also dancing, music, demonstrations and displays. (Noon-4 p.m. Sat. Free. Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. 651-259-3000. www.mnhs.org.)

RIVER RENDEZVOUS

A day of living history at Pond-Dakota Mission Park. Experience firsthand the lifestyle of Minnesotans living between 1830 and 1870 through displays and hands-on activities. Costumed re-enactors demonstrate the daily activities of Indians, fur traders and settlers living in the Minnesota River Valley. (4-8:30 p.m. Thu. $6. Pond Dakota Mission Park, 401 E. 104th St., Bloomington. www.ci.bloomington.mn.us.)

MELISSA WALKER

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