Sports & Outdoors
IconicItasca State Park
Under $25See where the Mississippi River begins at Lake Itasca, then explore old-growth pine forest.
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Museums
Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Culture Museum
An Indigenous-led museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota, focused on treaty history, rights, and culture.
101 2nd Street W, Park Rapids, MN 56470 · Park Rapids, MN
About Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Culture Museum
Giiwedinong is a museum in Park Rapids that is run by a team of Indigenous historians, artists, and community members. It sits within the 1855 treaty territory of the Anishinaabeg and covers the history of the land, agreements between settlers and Indigenous nations, and the region's waters. The museum pairs historic exhibits with work by emerging artists, aiming to reach young people, elders, and the wider community. Its website describes it as the state's first independently governed Native museum focused on treaty rights.
- #treaty rights
- #Indigenous history
- #Anishinaabeg
- #Ojibwe culture
- #contemporary art
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