Rendezvous Days and Powwow at Grand Portage
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Grand Portage Lodge & Casino 72 Casino Dr, Grand Portage, Minnesota 55605
Rendezvous Days and Powwow at Grand Portage, Minnesota, offers a chance to learn about 18th century skills, such as how to make beefhide shoes worn by the voyageurs. At the national monument, experts will tell about the firearms of the fur trade ear and the medical practices of the day. The rendezvous will include about 400 re-enactors who portray tradesmen, guides, voyageurs and wealthy gentlemen partners from the period when the North West Company operated at Grand Portage. Visitors will find tours of the historical encampment, entertainment, a lacrosse match, contests and a puppet show. At the powwow by the Grand Portage Band of Minnesota Chippewa, events on tribal grounds include a walk/run, a softball tournament and the powwow's grand entry, a parade of dancing styles and women in regalia. For more information, contact 800-543-1384 or visit www.grandportage.com.
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