Living the fur trade: Meet Brian Hardy
Meet Brian Hardy, who gets paid to dress like a fur trader. With beaver pelts, bison robes and a Scottish voyageur persona, he brings the fur trade era alive for students and audiences across North Dakota and Minnesota.
The truth behind red voyageur paddles
Voyageur paddle blades weren’t always red — first they sported geometric designs, ornamented by the man who carved it and wielded it. Over time, that changed. When a young bride accompanied her important husband via canoe in 1866, perhaps the crew decided to spiff up.
Sacagawea: Through Her People’s Eyes
A new book overturns much of what we thought we knew about Sacagawea. Her real name is Ma eshu weash — Eagle Woman — and she’s Hidatsa, not Shoshone. At last, we can see her through her people’s eyes.