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“Why Treaties Matter” is a collaborative exhibit currently on loan to the Freeborn County Historical Museum.

The exhibit explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in what is now Minnesota.

Learn, through a video presentation and 20 banners featuring text and images, how treaties affected the lands and lifeways of the indigenous peoples of this place, and why these binding agreements between nations still matter today.

• On view Freeborn County Historical Museum, Library & Village, 1031 Bridge Avenue, Albert Lea

• Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Friday through Aug. 30; and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Ojibwe Shoulder Bag Making event, Thursday, Aug. 22, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., while supplies last

• Updated books available in the FCHM Research Library

“Why Treaties Matter” is a collaboration of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.

This exhibition was developed with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with a vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008, and The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation.