Lewis & Clark: America’s Diplomats to the Native American Nations

The Lewis and Clark Expedition was far more than a camping trip by two of the most famous American’s in our history.

This well-listed program will use some of John Clymer’s most famous paintings to bring alive this amazing story. One of Lewis and Clark’s primary goals, as directed by Thomas Jefferson, was to contact  the various Native American nations that lived in the Louisiana Territory and bring them into the sphere of American trade and leadership of Jefferson, their “new father of the 17 nations”  Travel with the expedition and relieve their exciting successes and miserable failures with the Native American peoples they met during their 28 month, 8000+ mile journey. How successful were the explorers in their interactions with American Indians?

About the Author

Dr. David Peck is a physician, author and ASU Sun Devil. He has spoken at the Annual Barlow Lecture on the History of Medicine LA County Med Society, is a National endowment for the Humanities sponsored speaker/Chautauqua Institute in New York/Montana Historical Society and numerous other venues, co-produced a Montana PBS documentary from Dr. David Peck’s first book.

Book availability information will be updated soon

Program Info

Friday, January 17

2:00 – 3:30 P.M.

FREE for Museum Members

FREE with Museum Admission

$10 for program attendance only (does not include further admittance to the museum/galleries)

Programs and times are subject to change.

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