Gwen Westerman (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) describes her personal connections to Fort Snelling in different eras.

Brandon Peeters explains his personal connection to Fort Snelling in the Civil War.

Amber Annis (Cheyenne River Lakota) discusses the personal and historical significance of Fort Snelling and its role in the US–Dakota War of 1862.

Tanned raccoon hide used at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading post in Onamia, Minnesota. Created no earlier than 1918.

Tanned beaver hide marked "HA" on the flesh side with numerous discontinuous small holes to form the letters. "HA" are probably the initials of Harry Ayer. Date unknown but before 1959. Ayer was the original proprietor of the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post in Onamia, Minnesota, in which this pelt was found. The object is probably Ojibwe in origin.

Birchbark canoe (possibly Ojibwe) created ca. 1900.

Steel animal trap created in New York between 1800 and 1900.

Flintlock musket of the type used in the Northwest fur trade. Made in London by Barnett between 1850 and 1870 and used in Hudson Bay, Canada.

Buckskin quiver, bow case, bow, and arrows. Possibly Plains Ojibwe or Plains Cree; created in the nineteenth century.

Spun brass kettle brought to Minnesota as a trade item and distributed to the Ojibwe. It was excavated from an underwater site in 1961 but was likely made ca. 1830 or earlier.