Learn Apsáalooke History at Fort Phil Kearny

On Tuesday, August 1, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site, invites the public to sit around the campfire and learn more about the Crow tribe’s relationship with this area, and more specifically about their relationship with the Medicine Wheel and the Bighorn Mountains.

The Crow tribe has a long history with this part of Wyoming, including around Fort Phil Kearny, coming here as early as the 1100s. Learn more from our second American Indian Student Interpretive Ranger, Jacob Brien, a member of the Crow tribe who recently spent four weeks educating the public at the Medicine Wheel/ Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark.

Brien will open the evening’s program by demonstrating a more modern dance set to traditional music, known amongst the Crow as the “Push Dance,” before moving into the tribe’s history. This is the first of two different programs he will be presenting, with the second taking place on August 10 at 6:00 pm.

The American Indian Student Interpretive Ranger program is a new partnership in conjunction with the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association, U.S. Forest Service, and the Wyoming Council for the Humanities.

Two American Indian students spend one week becoming Certified Interpretive Guides, and then four weeks each educating the public at Fort Phil Kearny and the Medicine Wheel. Please bring your lawn chairs and bug spray.

Site fees apply: $4 per adult, and children 17 and under are free. Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site is located at 528 Wagon Box Road, in Banner, Wyoming, and is a division of Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources.

For more information or directions, visit the website at www.fortphilkearny.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fortphilkearny, or call 307-684-7629