Projects the Task Force is working on in partnership with organizations in our community

Kaw Point | Public Art/Signs | Education–Schools | Education/Cultural–Community

Kaw Point (Commemorative Event Saturday-Tuesday, 26-29 June 2004)

Kyle Carroll & Dan Sturdevant raise 15-star flag at Kaw Point October 2002

Public Art/Signs

• Interpretative Signs at Kaw Point and possibly Grinter Place (already funded by the National Park Service)
• Historic Marker at Kaw Point
• Artwork on Woodswether Bridge as part of Riverfront Heritage Trail

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Education–Schools

• Lewis and Clark Curriculum Activities Correlated to State Education Standards; Teacher Workshops; Sponsor Speakers and Reenactors (with KACEE and KSHS, school districts)
• Projects Relating to York and Sacagawea; Seaman the Newfoundland Dog for pre-K and elementary; and Jean Baptiste Charbonneau for Middle and High School.
• Breath of an American Spirit: Sacagawea: Coterie Theatre Performance in Wyandotte County in Spring 2004, with Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities
• Dinner theater play with Wyandotte High School Performing Arts group, Fall 2003
• Natural resource education in conjunction with botany heritage gardens at WCHSM and Schlagle Library

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Education/Cultural–Community

• Court-martial Reenactment/Play, "The Trial at Kaw Point"
• Book Discussion Series, with KCK Public Library
• Mural at Kaw Point
• Original Artist Prints for Sale
• Art Projects by Students
• Poetry by Local Poets
• Chautauqua at Kaw Point ("From Sea to Shining Sea")
• Wyandotte County Historical Journal (published by Wyandotte Co. Historical Society)
• –"Scholar’s column" in statewide newspapers on the impact of the expedition on Kansas, community forums, big-name speaker (in conjunction with Kansas Humanities Council)
• Haskell Indian Nations University student forum and articles on perception of Native Americans during Expedition and the lasting impact on cultures today
• Quilting, cooking, "lost skills" workshops (in conjunction with WCHSM)
• Website with historical and local event information (in conjunction with KCK Public Library and CVB)
• Lewis and Clark Historians Roundtable
• Academic Historical Discussion of Local Lewis and Clark Topics
• Develop Permanent Materials, ie through publication of articles
• Research Education Topics (ie, Jean Baptiste, York, Sacagawea, Seaman, Chautauqua)
• Research Appropriate Historic Marker

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18 February 2002