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Fourth Annual Siouxland Inspirational and Historical Short Film Festival

Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

Siouxland Filmmakers Club members have selected positive films with moral characters and clean-language dialogue, for a family-friendly event. The selection of films offers comedies, dramas, documentaries and historical topics. Attendees can vote for their favorite film for a People’s Choice Award. Top vote-getters will receive notification. (There will no cash prizes, but winners will still earn bragging rights!)

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

K-3rd Grade: Preparing for Winter

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

No one who signed up for Lewis and Clark’s journey had ever experienced a Midwestern winter. The Native Americans helped the explorers prepare for winter and, in some cases, saved the explorers from perishing in the winter. We will learn how Lewis and Clark’s special relationships with the Native Americans saved them in the winter months.

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

4-6th Grade: Preparing for Winter

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

No one who signed up for Lewis and Clark’s journey had ever experienced a Midwestern winter. The Native Americans helped the explorers prepare for winter and, in some cases, saved the explorers from perishing in the winter. We will learn how Lewis and Clark’s special relationships with the Native Americans saved them in the winter months.

Free
Event Series Sundays at the Center

Live Performance by Many Moccasins Dance Troupe

Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

This Winnebago, Nebraska dance group was originally founded by Lewis St. Cyr and his mother Therese St. Cyr to provide an opportunity for all people to view a range of Native American dance styles. Dances performed may include men’s feathery dance, women’s fancy shawl dance, and the popular hoop dance. The dance troupe also showcases specialty dances particular to certain tribes, such as the “Fish Dance” or the "Applique Dance.”  

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

K-3rd Grade: Native American Food

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

Join us while we host the Culinary students from Western Iowa Tech. They will teach us about some of the foods which are popular in Native American cultures. Lewis and Clark learned a lot about the diet of the Native people and we are really excited to have WITCC students teach some of those things to us.

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

4-6th Grade: Native American Food

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

Join us while we host the Culinary students from Western Iowa Tech. They will teach us about some of the foods which are popular in Native American cultures. Lewis and Clark learned a lot about the diet of the Native people and we are really excited to have WITCC students teach some of those things to us.

Free
Event Series Sundays at the Center

Nancy Gillis presents “Women in the Fur Trade”

Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

Women have every opportunity in today's world, but over the course of American history, that has not always been the case. This presentation, titled "Women in the Fur Trade," will highlight how women have always been critical to the function of the American economy, but often in ways that were not recognized at the time, or recorded reliably for historical purposes.

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

K-3rd Grade: Harvest Time

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

The Native Americans used a very important method of farming, called “the Three Sisters.” We will learn a little bit about this method and how the foods of Three Sisters farming became part of the American Thanksgiving tradition.

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

4-6th Grade: Harvest Time

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

The Native Americans used a very important method of farming, called “the Three Sisters.” We will learn a little bit about this method and how the foods of Three Sisters farming became part of the American Thanksgiving tradition.

Free

Merry TUBACHRISTMAS

Betty Strong Encounter Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

The Betty Strong Encounter Center will host “Merry TUBACHRISTMAS,” a concert featuring Siouxland area tuba and euphonium players, at 12 p.m., Saturday, December 2.  

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

K-3rd Grade: Winter Celebrations

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA, United States

Different cultures celebrate differently in the winter months. We will learn how several cultures celebrate in the wintertime, as well as how Lewis and Clark celebrated Christmas on the trail.

Free