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1COUNCIL BLUFFS - HARLAN
DE SMET
Father Pierre-Jean De Smet’s biogra-
phy and letters document the dangers and
hardships of life in Iowa in the 1830s. His
astonishing 1839 map of the Missouri River
and the Council Bluffs area offers clues to the
original location and descriptions of Indian set-
tlements, trading houses, and other features
including tombs and a shipwreck.
AUGUST 3—HOOVER HOMETOWN DAYS (WEST BRANCH)
AUGUST 8–11—MESKWAKI POWWOW (MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT, TAMA)
SEPTEMBER 7–9—LAKESIDE LAB NATURAL HISTORY WEEKEND (MILFORD)
OCTOBER 19—INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY (UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY)
• Public lectures by visiting archaeologists
• Lab and Repository tours at OSA, Museum of Natural History, Departments of Classics and
Anthropology
• OSA tent exhibit outside Museum of Natural History, atlatl dart throwing, flint-knapping demonstra-
tions, and interactive Native American children’s games
• Iowa Archeological Society (IAS) Annual Fall meeting
