A child wearing snow pants and a knit hat points near another child in snow pants holding a blue plastic bag, leaning toward a tree.
A large wooden building borders a dirt parking area where people are assembled near a car.
A child kneels on the snow with an open hand.
A child bends toward the snowy ground around a tree.
An adult and two children holding blue plastic bags walk on snow in a forest.
A child holding a drill to a tree trunk with an adult helping to operate it while another child looks on.
An adult helps hold a drill for a child to make a hole in a tree trunk.
An adult wearing a blue jacket fist bumps a child also wearing a blue jacket and hate. Another child is busy with a tree. Two blue plastic bags hang on trees in the foreground.
A child wearing a pink and blue patterned jacket and mauve knitted hat smiles standing next to a blue plastic bag hanging from a tree.
A child smiles and holds up both arms in a position of strength.
A child wearing a blue jacket and yellow gloves looks intently at a spout inserted in a tree trunk, hammer poised to strike it.
Three people huddle together around a drill pointed toward a tree trunk.
Two children, one kneeling wearing a purple jacket and one standing wearing a "Jordan" logo jacket, straighten a blue plastic bag hanging from a tree trunk.
A child, wearing a gray jacket and black and white hat, holds a hammer with both hands and aims toward a metal tap projecting from a tree trunk.
A child wearing a purple jacket and white hat with a pom pom holds a metal spout into a tree trunk, ready with a hammer in the other hand.
An adult wearing grey clothing and a ball cap Shows a spot on a tree trunk to a child in dark clothing. Another child in the background looks on.
Two children, one kneeling and one standing, hang a bag on a tree trunk.
An adult wearing grey clothing holds a drill so that a child can press the trigger to make a hole.
A child lies on a snowdrift under a tree.
Children make a snow castle in the foreground in front of a group of children and adults standing and sitting on benches.
Four children use small cups to scoop and form snow to make a castle.
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Grand Portage National Monument

Gathering Around the Fire

Members of the Oshki Ogimaag Community School gather around a fire after tapping maple trees.

NPS Photo / GM Spoto
4000 x 6000
19.2 MB

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