K-3rd Grade: PowWow
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesWhat is a PowWow? Why are they important in Native cultures? Let’s find out together as we celebrate Indigenous People’s Day.
Free
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4-6th Grade: PowWow
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesWhat is a PowWow? Why are they important in Native cultures? Let’s find out together as we celebrate Indigenous People’s Day.
Free
Comic Vignettes by the “Not Ready for Lunchtime Players”
Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesThe Center invites everyone to an afternoon of fun, laugh-out-loud entertainment as the "Not Ready for Lunchtime" players present a series of comic vignettes.
Free
K-3rd Grade: Ballet Folklorico
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesWe will continue our celebration of Hispanic culture with a presentation by Ballet Folklorico. This company of traditional Hispanic dancers is sure to delight the senses.
Free
4-6th Grade: Ballet Folklorico
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesWe will continue our celebration of Hispanic culture with a presentation by Ballet Folklorico. This company of traditional Hispanic dancers is sure to delight the senses.
Free
Acoustic Andean Storytelling with Oscar Rios Pohirieth
Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesExperience the Andean cultures of Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Chile through an acoustic journey and storytelling.
Free
K-3rd Grade: Bountiful Beads
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesThrough stories and art, students will learn about the importance of preserving Native culture and see how families share and pass down traditions. Students will gain an understanding of the ongoing Plains traditions of beadwork and quillwork (decorative arts done with beads and porcupine quills) and the “Give Away” - an honoring celebration.
Free
4-6th Grade: Bountiful Beads
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesThrough stories and art, students will learn about the importance of preserving Native culture and see how families share and pass down traditions. Students will gain an understanding of the ongoing Plains traditions of beadwork and quillwork (decorative arts done with beads and porcupine quills) and the “Give Away” - an honoring celebration.
Free
Live Performance by Danish Folk Musicians Gangspil
Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesSonnich Lydom and Kristian Bugge will guarantee you an entertaining journey through the traditions of Danish folk music. This lively group performs old dance tunes and long forgotten songs from every corner of their Scandinavian home country. From rural islands like Læsø to the metropol Copenhagen, including a few of their own compositions.
Free
Fall Fest
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesJoin us for apple cider, beef stew and biscuits, storytelling, candle making, and more! There will be plenty of fun activities you can enjoy as a family.
Free
Ralph Swain: The Genesis of Radio Broadcasting Hysterias
Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesFor the Halloween season, historian and radio theater performer Ralph Swain will conduct a multimedia presentation on a 1938 fictional radio broadcast of a Martian invasion of the U.S. that thousands of listeners across the country believed was actually occurring.
Free
K-3rd Grade: Pumpkin Party
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United StatesToday we use pumpkins mostly for pies and jack-o-lanterns, but did you know that the pumpkin was a very important part of the Native American diet? We will learn about the way Native American cultures used pumpkins, and how carving jack-o-lanterns became a Halloween tradition.
Free