September 1, 2022
 

Whitestone Hill Education Day to Feature Lakota Performer Kevin Locke

KULM, N.D. – On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the annual Whitestone Education Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Whitestone Hill State Historic Site located near Kulm. Programs are targeted toward fourth to sixth grade students, but the public is also invited to attend. Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and water.

School children and other visitors will learn about the lives and cultures of the people of Whitestone from Dakota and Lakota knowledge keepers, State Historical Society of North Dakota staff, Whitestone Hill Historical Society members, and researchers. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and consists of several concurrent 20-minute sessions. All sessions will break from 11:40 a.m.-12:40 p.m. for featured presenter Kevin Locke, Lakota hoop dancer and international cultural ambassador.

The 20-minute sessions, most of which are hands-on, include topics like Dakota hand games, prairie plants and animals, the fur trade, how to shoot a bow and arrow, how to set up a tipi, interpreting historic photographs of Whitestone, and the history of the attack there in September 1863.

“This event is an opportunity to learn about not only the human tragedy that happened at Whitestone, but also the traditional lifeways of Dakota people who thrived here and have cherished this sacred place since time immemorial,” said Historic Sites Manager Rob Hanna.

Whitestone Hill State Historic Site is a place of remembrance for the 150 to 300 people, mostly Dakotas and Lakotas, who were killed here in September 1863. The site is managed by the State Historical Society. It can be reached by traveling from Kulm south 12 miles on North Dakota State Highway 56, then east four miles on a gravel road, then north nearly two miles to the site.

For more information, contact Rob Hanna at 701.328.3508. For more information about additional upcoming events of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, go to history.nd.gov/events.

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Rob Hanna, 701.328.3508

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