‘Why Treaties Matter’ on display at FCHM through Aug. 30

“Why Treaties Matter” is a collaborative exhibit currently on loan to the Freeborn County Historical Museum (FCHM). It is on view at FCHM, 1031 Bridge Avenue through Friday, August 30 (details below).

 

The exhibit explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in this place we now call Minnesota. Learn through a video presentation and 20 banners featuring text and images how treaties affected the lands and lifeways of the indigenous peoples of this place, and why these binding agreements between nations still matter today.

 

Details

• On view Freeborn County Historical Museum, Library & Village, 1031 Bridge Avenue, Albert Lea, MN

 

• Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday and Friday through August 30, and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

• Ojibwe Shoulder Bag Making event, Thursday, August 22, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., while supplies last

 

• Updated books available in our Research Library

 

Credits: Why Treaties Matter is a collaboration of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. This exhibit was developed with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 and The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation