Discover the history of the Red River oxcarts and the important role of the Métis across Minnesota. At Crow Wing State Park south of Brainerd is a sign noting the point at which oxcarts crossed the ...

The Red River Ox Cart trails carved and snaked their way across northwestern Minnesota. In the mid-1800s, those dirt trails became a lifeline for settlers. Terry Doerksen, of Winnipeg, travels near ...

PABLO - The Red River Cart, hand hewn from native pine, aspen and cottonwood, and lashed together with bison hide and sinew, was a vital tool of the Metis, or Buffalo People, in the 1700s and early ...

BRAINERD — Over 150 years ago, the trails within present-day Crow Wing State Park were traversed not by hikers but large wooden oxcarts filled with beaver furs. But details of that history were ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Red River carts were ubiquitous in ...

The battle over a cultural symbol between Métis and non-Indigenous residents of a Saskatchewan village has finally been put to rest. A historically accurate Red River cart was built in 2012 during a ...