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Join Kaniksu Land Trust educator, Shaun Deller, for a fur trade history display and slide show presentation following the trail of the explorer, cartographer and fur trader, David Thompson. Shaun will discuss Thompson's travels into Montana, Idaho and Washington and his interactions with the indigenous cultures he met and was guided by along the way. Shaun will bring a large display of historic trade goods and furs to show, while also sharing photos of his recent horse packing trip up to Howse Pass, where David Thompson crossed over the Rockies in 1807 to establish trade with the Kootenai Tribe. 

Shaun Deller is an assistant educator at KLT and coordinator of the Kaniksu Folk School. He is also a member of the American Mountain Men and the Northwest Fur Trade Historians. He enjoys learning about history through participating in historical treks and rendezvous where modern individuals go into the wilderness carrying only the clothing and gear used by the men and women in the early 19th century. Shaun believes that through this travel on foot, canoe or horseback, one can better come to understand the hardships and the reality of what life was like in this earlier time of our nation's history.

All ages welcome.