Meriwether Lewis: Tribal Tales from the River’s Edge Presented by Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable and Fort Lewis College Lifelong Learning
130 Noble Hall, Fort Lewis College
Before ethnology was a scientific discipline, Lewis and Clark collected stories, songs, and artifacts from the dozens of distinct cultures they encountered in their journey west. They kept detailed notes on tribal customs and collected vocabulary to create a rough outline of a dictionary of Indian Languages. In this dynamic performance, Fox shares both folklore and true history from the American Indians met along the way. The audience sees something of the transformation of the Corps of Discovery as they adapted to Native American life ways, and they hear about life before the white man came.