Join in a Journey Through Time with Curly Bear Wagner, Blackfeet Historian
"Join me on a special journey. Walk softly between the world of the ancient past and today's fragile Northern Plains."
BLACKFEET HISTORICAL SITE TOUR
 NEW FULL DAY INTERPRETIVE TOUR
LEWIS & CLARK CORP OF DISCOVERY
CAMP DISAPPOINTMENT
BLACKFEET ENCOUNTER WITH
MERIWETHER LEWIS
Full Day Minibus Tours:
$100 per person per day
plus (optional) $15 lunch fee
approximately 8 hours in length
Half Day Minibus Tours:
$50 per person per half day
approximately 4 hours in length
**ASK ABOUT GROUP RATES**
Tours begin at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. departing from the Museum of the Plains Indian parking lot in Browning (unless alternative arrangements have been made for special tour groups).
Cultural and Historical tours may include some or all of the following:
Walking Tours also available:
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO MAKE RESERVATIONS CONTACT:
Curly Bear Wagner
PO Box 2038, Browning, Montana 59417
406-338-2058, Fax 406-338-2084
email: Curly Bear
or visit Going-to-the-Sun Institute
Other Links for the Blackfeet Historical Site Tour:
Indian Country Tourism
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Glacier National Park's Blackfeet Cultural Tour
Daily from St. Mary, East Glacier, Browning areas. Pick up and delivery from your motel or campground. The only park tour with all Native Guides from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Air conditioned, large window coaches. Bus tours welcome. (800) SUN-9200
GOING-TO-THE-SUN TOURS
Blackfeet Guides Share Unique View of the Park
Native Americans of the past guided early explorers across the mountains on foot and horseback. Today, Blackfeet guides escort visitors through their traditional homeland in comfortable 25-passenger air-conditioned coaches.
Sun Tours of East Glacier, now in its 10th year, treats guests to a view of Glacier National Park's natural, cultural, and historical features through the eyes of native people. A privately owned tribal enterprise chartered under the Blackfeet Tribe, and authorized as a Glacier National Park concessionaire, Sun Tours has a perfect safety record.
"We provide a service that we hope will enrich people's vacation experience by giving them a focus on the land from the people's perspective," said owner Ed DesRosier.
The all-day tour on Going-to-the-Sun Road, "is about the most you can see and do in a day in Glacier," he added. But with Sun Tours, you won't just enjoy the rocks and trees.
The Blackfeet guides frame the scenery with stories of Napi and enhance the beauty of the flowers by explaining their medicinal value. They tell how Montana's Native American populations endured the changing seasons and the changing environment, from before white men came to their homeland, through the days of the trappers and traders, the coming of the railroad, and the development of Glacier as a destination for tourists.
"We are in the business of re-educating people about their myths and stereotypes of native people throughout the West, and myths about the Blackfeet and other tribes that traveled through the area," DesRosier said.
Sun Tours attracts seasoned travelers who seek out the people and places behind a popular destination. They include motor home travelers, bus tour travelers, or people who come in on Amtrak. They stay at hotels or in youth hostels and they come from all states and continents.
Some have never been to Glacier while others have been there many times and want to look at it through different eyes.
The daylong tours, starting when Logan Pass opens and continuing through the summer until it closes, cost $35 per person from St. Mary's, or $55 per person from Browning or East Glacier, with group discounts available. Reservations made 24 hours or more in advance are recommended.
The trip takes guests over Going-to-the-Sun Road from east to west, with frequent stops. After a lunch break at Lake McDonald, buses retrace the journey over Logan Pass from west to east.
Traveling both directions surprises visitors with dramatically different views. The drive from east to west showcases an endless ocean of mountain peaks; traveling the opposite direction shows the big sky switch from mountains to prairie.
"Sun Tours is a really good way for people to relax and see the scenery and learn a different viewpoint about the history," said DesRosier. "And they don't have the stress of driving the road."
Sun Tours is located in the center of the town of East Glacier Park, right on Highway 2 across from the Amtrak Depot.
Contact Sun Tours at 29 Glacier Ave., P.O. Box 234, East Glacier Park MT 59434; by phone at (406) 226-9220 or (800) 786-9220; or by fax at (406) 226-9220, on the Web at Glacier National Park Information.
Article from the Great Falls Tribune: Blackfeet Guides Share Unique View of the Park
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