It is our sincere hope that these Native Peoples pages will propel you on your own personal voyage to learn more about those who were already there and to acknowledge our use of their lands.
Land Acknowledgement
We gratefully acknowledge Native Peoples who have lived on this land for millennia. Their dedication to the land and their communities runs deep within the hearts of those past, present and future. This dedication encourages the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation to continue developing, among diverse communities, an understanding of and appreciation for the commitment of Native Peoples to this nation and the significance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Over the past few years, LCTHF and our regions have taken some time during meetings to acknowledge the folks who lived on the land we are visiting. We have said our thanks to those that came before us, and appreciate their guidance and assistance when it comes to planning and preparing.
Defining the Tribes
Since time immemorial, Native American Peoples have moved, merged, and adapted such that Euro-American styled maps can only poorly describe them. One can say with accuracy that the Lewis and Clark Expedition traveled through over 60 different Tribal Nation homelands. To understand these diverse traditions, cultures, lifeways, and languages from past to present, one must do much more than look at a map or list of tribes by state.
For more information on defining the Tribes along the Lewis and Clark Trail, see:
- “All Tribes,” Tribal Legacy Project, https://lc-triballegacy.org/wp/all-tribes/
- “List of Tribes by State,” Tribal Legacy Project, https://lc-triballegacy.org/wp/list-of-tribes-by-state/
- “Native Nations,” Discovering Lewis & Clark, https://lewis-clark.org/primary/native-nations/
More Native Peoples Pages
- Tent of Many Voices - I invite you to come along the trail in two different ways. . . . One is the view from the keel boat as it goes up the river as it did 200 years ago. But I also ask you to step off that keelboat and be in the villages of the American Indian Tribes […]
- Honoring Tribal Legacies - We partner with Honoring Tribal Legacies, a digital collection of teaching resources for use in classrooms everywhere: Tribal Legacy Project website Our Tribal Legacy Goals The Lewis & Clark Trail Alliance embraces and supports the following tribal legacy goals: Land Acknowledgement Over the past few years, LCTA and our regions have taken some time during […]
- Beyond the Bicentennial - During the 2003-2006 Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service worked with the Circle of Tribal Advisors (COTA), Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Congressional Caucuses and others including the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation to “ensure that the voices of Tribal members, whose traditional […]
- Teacher Resources - Corps of Discovery Curriculum Guide Twenty-five years ago, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (LCTA) developed a cross-curricula guide for middle school educators. Our goal was to create an easy-to-use curriculum guide that was both historically accurate and culturally respectful. Today, we offer educators an updated version of that curriculum guide, with new lesson […]
Discovering Lewis & Clarktm Quick Links
The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation has an educational website, Discovering Lewis & Clarktm with articles about several tribes and other Native Nations pages.