Moki Treks: By Paddle and Foot

Moki Treks, specialist in cultural indigenous travel, offers a three part series on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their encounters with the Native American tribes. Not only will you walk the trails of Lewis and Clark but you will be presented with a unique perspective of the Expedition through the eyes of the Blackfeet, Nez Perce, Shoshone, Chinook and Yakima tribes who were key to their survival and success. The series begins with paddling the Upper Missouri and in Blackfeet country. Then go overland, hike across the Rocky Mountains through Nez Perce and Shoshone territory, and finally, journey the Columbia Gorge to the Pacific Ocean, home of the Chinook and Yakima.

See Lewis and Clark through the eyes of the Blackfeet people. Stay in authentic tipis and immerse yourself in Blackfeet culture for three days. Enjoy a traditional blackfeet feast, visit the Two Medicine Kill site with Blackfeet guides, Camp Disappointment, Plains Indians and Lewis and Clark Museums and hear Fort Benton's incredible history. Canoe the Upper Missouri for three days and travel a portion of the river with little changed since 1805. Enjoy eagles, solitude, re-enactors and guest Lewis and Clark specialists around our campfire at night. 3 nights in tipis with Blackfeet guides, 3 nights camping on the Missouri River. Price $1,050.

Check website www.mokitreks.com for dates and details.