Dakota Field Trip (Adult+Child)

One adult and one child, ages 5-15. Register under the name of the child attending. This tour focuses on the life ways of the Dakota, Minnesota’s first people, in the early nineteenth century. It includes an introduction to Cloud Man and his village, the travois and gardens, maple sugar camp, summer bark lodge, wild rice camp, tipi, and a beaded bracelet hands-on activity. Some Dakota language is incorporated as well.

A note on the Dakota Field Trip curriculum: This historical curriculum was created with significant input from descendants of Maȟpiya Wičhášta (Cloud Man) as well as other Dakota culture bearers and it is with utmost appreciation that Gibbs Farm staff are able to share this important history.