Mi Perú-Minnesota performs a marinera and valicha dance at the International Institute of Minnesota’s 2018 Festival of Nations. Photograph by Erika Busse. Used with the permission of Mi Perú-Minnesota.

Marinera dance performance by Mi Perú-Minnesota at Casa de Corazón’s fundraiser event at Louisiana Oaks in St. Louis Park, ca. 2018 or 2019. Photo used with the permission of Mi Perú-Minnesota.

Mi Perú-Minnesota performs at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Carver during a celebration of Señor de los Milagros, “The Lord of Miracles,” a Catholic tradition of Peru, ca. 2018 or 2019. Photo used with the permission of Mi Perú-Minnesota.

Peruvian Independence Day Potluck at Minnehaha Falls Park in Minneapolis, 2017. Mi Perú-Minnesota performs Carnaval Arequipeño, a youthful and joyful dance usually performed at festivals and parades in Arequipa, Peru. Photo used with the permission of Mi Perú-Minnesota.

Mi Perú-Minnesota members model a diverse range of traditional Peruvian dance attires while holding a banner with the group's logo. The banner was made in Huancayo, Peru, and intended to be used for the Modern Huaylarsh group dance. Photo by Angie Garcia, 2018 or 2019. Used with the permission of Alateo Photography.

Family members of Jean-Baptiste and Pelagie Faribault, ca. 1850. Pictured are their son Alexander (standing at left); their grandson George (seated at left); and George’s bride, Euphrasine St. Antoine (seated at center). Jean-Baptiste is seated on the far right. Father Augustin Ravoux stands between Jean-Baptiste and Euphrasine.

View of Wita Tanka (Pike Island) and Fort Snelling from Mendota. Painting by Edward Kirkbride Thomas, ca. 1850.

Ivory-tipped cane with a hidden triangular-section dagger used by Jean-Baptiste Faribault, ca. 1800–1810.

A cradleboard ornament made of hide decorated with dyed porcupine quills, created by a Dakota woman between 1775 and 1850. Pelagie Faribault would have made quillwork ornaments in a similar style.