There also will be Native American heritage displays focusing on the tribe's traditional ways, including displays on wigwams, racing, jingle dresses and medicine vests, maple syrup and a birch bark canoes. The Cedar Creek Drum Group and Dancers will perform at 7 p.m. There will be live beading, moccasin, birch bark, earring and porcupine quill demonstrations from 4-8 p.m. 'We are very excited about the upcoming month and what we are going to showcase to the public to broaden their awareness of our great Native American heritage,' acting general manager Tracy Mullen Sr. The activities will begin with an opening ceremony and invocation at 2 p.m. All proceeds from the event will go toward new scoreboards for the high school gym.Black Bear Casino Resort near Carlton will observe Native American Heritage Month in November with traditional crafts, drum and dance performances, and a display of Native American artifacts, among other events. Free will donations will be accepted for the spaghetti dinner, which starts at 4:30 p.m.

The event features a silent auction and spaghetti dinner. The cost is $3 per adult children are free. Alumni basketball games will be held with the girls game starting at 3 p.m., and the boys game to begin at 4 p.m.

Wrenshall Scoreboard/Shot Clock Fundraiser, 3-6 p.m., Wrenshall High School. This program, sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACFH). The program will run one hour and is recommended for people of all ages.

With heart and humor, Casanova entertains and educates as she shares her writing process, including where ideas come from, overcoming writer’s block, doing the research, drawing on the five senses, mining personal experience, and creating strong beginnings. Straight out of college, Casanova and her husband followed their dream to live “up north.” Forty years and 40 books later, Casanova’s love of woods, water and wilderness permeates her wide range of work. The Arrowhead Library System presents a free program featuring author Mary Casanova. Up North! A Writer’s Journey with author Mary Casanova, 10 a.m., Cloquet Public Library. Think Spring Craft and Vendor Show, 9 a.m., Black Bear Casino Resort, Carlton.

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