DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - In 1799, the sound of a cannon would get Indigenous and Voyageur alike running out of the forest.

The bark of a cannon was the signal to start a rendezvous.

That’s when all the trappers got together to trade, rest and blow off a little steam.

The Lester River Rendezvous recreates those days and teaches school kids the ways of the 18th century.

Don Chesney is half European and half Ojibwe and portrays a teacher.

“I am Ogijida, retired Ojibwe warrior and now I get to be an elder teaching the kids.” said Don.

One of the lessons is that in the summertime, the traditional deer skin clothes of the Lake Superior Chippewa would be replaced by lighter cloth articles.

“When we were introduced to the wabowayan or woven hide as that translates for cloth, we t

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