![]() ![]() If you can't make it to the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post store, you can find some of our handmade Native American art in the Minnesota Historical Society online shop. Learn about the history of the trading post. The trading post currently features work by over 250 Native American artists, including many premier Midwest Native artists such as Melvin Losh, Josef Reiter, Pat & Gage Kruse, Cheryl Minnema, Joyce LaPorte, Cynthia Holmes, Sandra Sam Panachyse, Clyde Estey, Susan Zimmerman, Marlene Fairbanks, Carly Bordeau, Steve Premo, Jeff Savage, Nancy & Thressa Foster, Ruth Schaaf, Tashia Hart, Denise Lajimodiere, Jeaneen Lonehill, Mike Marshall, and Dawn Dark Mountain. Artists Maude Kegg and Batiste Sam, Mille Lacs Band members and employees of the museum and trading post, were nationally and internationally renowned for their beadwork. The Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post has highlighted extremely talented artists throughout its history, from bandolier bags by Cheryl Minnema to sweetgrass baskets made by Margaret Hill. Today Native American artists are influenced by traditional knowledge and resources, but often incorporate contemporary themes or materials in their art. Gifted artisans among the Ojibwe and other tribes have always made beautiful and ingenious containers, clothing, tools, and other objects for their everyday use and enjoyment. Artist-in-residence programs and Native art events give visitors an opportunity to meet local Native American artists and learn more about the techniques and materials that they use. ![]() The trading post helps sustain and encourage local artists to continue working with crafts as a part of their cultural heritage. The trading post also carries commercial products like Pendleton blankets and Minnetonka moccasins, as well as a large selection of books by and about Native Americans from Minnesota and throughout North America. Items for sale include the region's finest porcupine quill baskets, beadwork, birch bark products, sculptures, pottery, moccasins, jewelry, dream catchers, dance regalia, paintings, music, locally harvested wild rice and maple syrup, and a wide selection of beads and other arts and crafts supplies. In operation since the late 1910s, a small exhibit area is located in the front of the trading post's sales room floor that tells the history of the site and focuses on the trading post's original owners, Harry and Jeannette Ayers. While the trading post has a special relationship with members of the Mille Lacs Band, art from tribes across North America are represented throughout the store. With shelves stacked full of tempting treats we don’t forgot those who have more restrictive diets and our selection of gluten, dairy, sugar free foods is second to none.Įasy access from the A303, with ample car parking we look forward to your visit.The trading post offers Minnesota's largest selection of traditional and contemporary handcrafted, authentic Native American art and crafts. We also boast a refill room filled with over 200 lines of zero waste products from grains, rice, pasta and seeds, to dried fruit, nuts, cereal, herbs & spices.Īlongside our food refill room we also hold a wide range of eco-friendly household cleaning and toiletries all available as refill and our crowning glory in the race to zero waste our organic milk and milkshake vending machine – Belinda! The Trading Post is much more than a farm shop though – it is a wholefoods’ market, a greengrocers, a deli and a treasure trove all rolled into one.įresh bread daily, cakes, biscuits, organically grown fruit and veg, preserves jam, chutney & pickles, local beer, cider and wine & a stunning selection of West Country spirits.īut we don’t just stock your ‘normal’ farm shop fayre we also carefully select a very wide range of unusual items that make us the go-to place to find that obscure recipe ingredient Open 7 days a week the Trading Post Farm Shop, set on a working organic farm, supports over 150 local suppliers bringing you the best that the West Country has to offer. Just off the A303, nestled amongst the Somerset countryside The Trading Post Farm Shop is a hidden gem that delights with its selection of farm grown organic vegetables, locally sourced food, drink and unusual locally crafted gifts With it’s focus on organic, local, delicious food and drink The Trading Post Farm Shop is an essential stop off not only for local customers but also for travelers heading to and from the West Country ‘A Mini Borough Market’ Sunday Times May 2021
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