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Grand Portage National Monument
Anishinaabe Oodena (Ojibwe Village) Re-creation
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Fur traders constructed their posts near Native villages for survival and convenience. This re-creation of a small village at the NWCo Depot exemplifies the economic partnership between the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and the Northwest Company.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Southwest Bastion
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Although the bastions were constructed for defense purposes, they were hardly ever needed for that purpose as the fort enjoyed economic stability and was built at the request of the Assiniboine. This bastion also served as storage facilities, housing for employees and visitors, and even a studio for artist George Catlin.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Moncravie Painting
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A record of peaceful trade? Learn what significant event Moncravie painted to commemorate bridging adversaries for commerce.
Grand Portage National Monument
North West Company Depot Gatehouse
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In the days of the fur trade, a great variety of people passed through the Depot's gates to do business with the North West Company.
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Montana’s Missouri River Country
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On April 25,1805, the Corps of Discovery canoes and pirogues reached the confluence of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri River. Captain Meriwether Lewis observed, “I had a most pleasing view of the country, particularly the wide and fertile vallies”. By the last week in May, 1805, the expedition passed through the Missouri Breaks, a 160-mile stretch of land from today’s Fort Peck Lake to today’s Fort Benton.
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Museum of the Plains Indian
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The Museum of the Plains Indian is a hidden gem located near Glacier National Park in Browning, MT. Collaborating with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service, the museum was founded in 1941 and focusses on the varied art, historic clothing, horse gear, weapons, and other artifacts of the Northern Tribal Plains people.
Isle Royale National Park
19th Century
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Nineteenth-century documentation clearly indicates that an aboriginal population that included Ojibwa, Cree, and Assiniboin groups was present on the north shore of Lake Superior in the area of the "Great Carrying Place" (Grand Portage) and near the mouth of the Kaministiquia River at Fort William (present day Thunder Bay, Ontario).
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Wayside: Outpost On The Missouri
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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Fish Communities at Herbert Hoover National Historical Site
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Fishes occur in Hoover Creek when the flow is stable. Visitors commonly see minnows like creek chub. Changes in water quality often affect fish species. Many species are intolerant of poor water quality so monitoring fish communities is a useful way to asses environmental conditions within a stream.
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The fur trading post Fort Union was established in 1828 by the American Fur Company. Located at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in North Dakota, the trading post was used from 1823 to 1867. The post became a National Historic Site in 1966.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union's Trade House
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Trade with the Assiniboine and other Northern Plains Tribes was the core of the American Fur Company's success, enabling Fort Union Trading Post to become the longest lasting Fur Trading post in the US. Learn here how those trades took place in the fort's most rustic building.