2019 Fort Union Trading Post Indian Arts Showcase & Wacipi
All are welcome at the 28th Annual Fort Union Trading Post Indian Arts Showcase & Wacipi on August 3-4, 2019 at Fort Union Trading Post in Williston, North Dakota. The Indian Arts Showcase commemorates American Indian history and culture, through music, traditional crafts and lectures by tribal historians and elders from tribes of the Upper Missouri. Demonstrations of traditional Northern Plains Indians, crafts and music by American Indian artisans, dance demonstrations by the Native American dancers and singers will entertain and educate visitors.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Admission: Free
Location
Fort Union Trading Post
15550 Highway 1804
Williston, ND 58801
(701) 572-9083
Traditional Wacipi
In 2018, the first annual Ft Union Northern Plains Traditional Wacipi hosted by Northern Plains Oyate, a Non-Profit Organization based in Williston, ND. providing Native American Cultural education to the Northern Plains community was added to the Indian Arts Showcase. Native American culture will be on display at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site in North Dakota this Saturday during a wacipi hosted by Northern Plains Oyate. Traditional music, dancing, and culture wil be featured Saturday as part of this year’s annual Indian Arts Showcase at the trading post. There will be additional Native American dancing on Sunday. Native American artists also will be displaying their works on both days.
This event is free. The Northern Plains Oyate Traditional Wacipi held at Ft Union during their Indian Arts & Festival will include Native American Dancing and the Xo’shga riders riding in from Fort Buford. Find out more about this organization here:
**Wacipi Schedule is Subject to Change**
10:00am – Grand Entry & Honor Guards/Honored Veterans
– Tiny Tots
– Junior Categories
12:00pm – 1 Hour Break
1:00pm – lntertribal (Everyone dance)
– Presentation by Xo’shga Riders
– Special Honoring
– Teens Categories
3:00pm – Teen Girls Jingle Special, Joe McGillis honoring granddaughter Thearsha McGillis
– The Clown & War Eagle Families, Crazy Horse Descendants presentation
– Men Categories
– Men’s Special- ‘Giving Back to the circle by Head Man, Anthon y Mazawasicuna Jr.
– All Women’s Special by Head Woman, Britney Youpee-Spotted Bird
– Women Categories
– Golden Age Men Categories
– Golden Age Women Categories
– Intertribal (Everyone dance)
7:00pm – Honor Guard -Retiring the Colors/Closing Ceremony/ Blessing of the ending day
Fort Union Trading Post sits on the Montana/North Dakota border, 25 miles southwest of Williston ND and 25 miles north of Sidney MT. The fort sits on the North Dakota side where the main parking lot is 1/4 mile on the Montana side. There is a slight climb in elevation when coming from the smaller parking lot which is about 500 feet from the fort.
About Fort Union Trading Post
Fort Union Trading Post was constructed on the spacious plains in 1828, near where the mighty Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers joined by John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company. This fort went on to become its most famous fur trade post. Although called a fort, the post was neither a government nor a military installation, but a privately owned commercial establishment founded to engage in business with the Northern Plains Tribes.
Built at the request of the Assiniboine nation, Fort Union Trading Post, then called Fort Union, quickly emerged as the Upper Missouri’s most profitable fur trade post. This trade business continued until 1867, giving rise to a uniquely diverse, peaceful, and productive social and cultural environment that helped make Fort Union western America’s longest-lasting fur trade post. More about Fort Union Trading Post.
Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the next Fort Union Trading Post Indian Arts Showcase & Northern Plains Oyate Traditional Wacipi on the first weekend in August at Fort Union Trading Post in Williston, North Dakota.
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