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Native American: Dakota & Ojibwe Friendship Cruise on the Mississippi River (Southwest)


Adult Enrichment / Trips, Tours & Special Events -
Adult Enrichment Summer 2024

NOTE:  This cruise departs from Watergate Marina. Cruise time is 5:00-8:00 pm.

Join us for a summer cruise on board the Magnolia Blossom Riverboat with Dakota guide Fern Renville and her Ojibwe friends as we explore the relationship between these two important groups Indigenous to Minnesota.  Take in views of the scenic Mississippi River as you listen to their stories--weaving a bond between the past and present.

5:00 pm Board Magnolia Blossom

5:30 pm Boat Departs Marina

8:00 pm  @ Return to Marina

Meet at the Watergate Marina, 2500 Crosby Farm Road, Saint Paul Minnesota, 55116. Crosby Farm Road is at the intersection of Shepherd Road and Gannon Road.

Transportation to the Watergate Marina is on your own.

Beverages will be available to purchase on board the boat. You may bring your own food.

Ages 21+.

If the tour is full, please add your name to the waitist. We will let you know if spots become available.

Fern Naomi Renville

DIGITAL ARTIST + ANIMATOR + FABRIC/FASHION DESIGNER + BOOK ILLUSTRATOR

Marlena Myles is a self-taught Native American (Spirit Lake Dakota/Mohegan/Muscogee) artist located in St Paul, Minnesota. Her art brings modernity to Indigenous history, languages and oral traditions while using the land as a teacher. Growing up on her traditional Dakota homelands here in the Twin Cities, she enjoys using her artwork to teach Minnesotans of all backgrounds the Indigenous history of this place we call home.

Her professional work includes public art, children’s books, augmented reality, murals, fabrics, animations and has shown her work in fine art galleries such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Museum of Russian Art, Red Cloud Heritage Center and the Minnesota Museum of American Art to name a few. Her first permanent site-specific augmented reality public art installation known as the Dakota Spirit Walk is available on the Revelo AR app.

In 2021, she opened her own Dakota publishing company called Wíyouŋkihipi (We Are Capable) Productions to create a platform that educates and honors the culture, language and history of Dakota people.

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  Fern Naomi Renville


Watergate Marina at Crosby Farm
Tuesday, Aug 13
5:00 - 8:00 PM

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Min Age   21 yr.

Price: $ 42 00