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 Karl Bodmer. “Mandan Village,” from Prince Maximilian of Wied’s Travels to the Interior of North America, 1843–1844. The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Olin Dunbar Wheeler. School teacher with his family and students, taken at the Fort Berthold Reservation, 1904. The Newberry Library, Chicago.

 Karl Bodmer. “Winter Village of the Minatarres [sic],” from Prince Maximilian of Wied's Travels to the Interior of North America, 1843–44. The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Unidentified artist. “Moonlight on the Western Waters,” in Patrick Gass, Lewis and Clark's Journal to the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1804–5–6; As Related by Patrick Gass, One of the Officers in the Expedition, 1847. The Newberry Library, Chicago."

“Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country” is a national traveling exhibition, composed of six metal panels, that examines the Lewis and Clark story from the perspective of the Native Americans the explorers encountered on the trail. It opens at the UAM Library on August 27, 2010 and will be on display until October 5, 2010. The exhibit offers a compelling look at what happened when two nations and two ways of life came together in the early 19th century, and how that encounter resounded throughout Indian country and across the United States for the next two hundred years.

The UAM Library is offering free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition. Local teachers, civic organizations and UAM Faculty are encouraged to schedule a guided tour or instruction session for their group or class. Please contact project coordinator, Mary Heady at 870-460-1080 or heady@uamont.edu for details. UAM Faculty may also complete and return the Book A Tour form to the library.

Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country: Two Hundred Years of American History was organized by the Newberry Library, Chicago, in partnership with the American Library Association. The traveling exhibition is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. Other major funding has come from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Sara Lee Foundation is the lead corporate sponsor; Ruth C. Ruggles and the National Park Service provided additional support.