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 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: 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

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: Making Friends

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

Lewis and Clark made many Native American friends along their journey. In honor of Native American Heritage month, we will talk about some of the Native Americans who were very important to Lewis and Clark’s survival on their journey.

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

K-3rd Grade: Making Friends

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

Lewis and Clark made many Native American friends along their journey. In honor of Native American Heritage month, we will talk about some of the Native Americans who were very important to Lewis and Clark’s survival on their journey.

Free

Event Series Adventure Saturdays

4-6th Grade: Campfire Stories

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

The members of the Lewis and Clark expedition sat around a campfire every night during their journey. Do you think they were telling stories? Storytelling has been an important tradition in most cultures around the world. Let’s have s’mores and share some of our favorite stories!

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

K-3rd Grade: Campfire Stories

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

The members of the Lewis and Clark expedition sat around a campfire every night during their journey. Do you think they were telling stories? Storytelling has been an important tradition in most cultures around the world. Let’s have s’mores and share some of our favorite stories!

Free
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

4-6th Grade: Pumpkin Party

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

Today 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
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

K-3rd Grade: Pumpkin Party

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

Today 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

Fall Fest

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

Join 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
Event Series Adventure Saturdays

4-6th Grade: Bountiful Beads

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

Through 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