16 NEBRASKAland • MAY 2015
Buffalo Cookout at Niobrara
State Park
By Jenny Nguyen
Travel back in time at one (or all) of Niobrara State Park's Buffalo
Cookouts this summer. On select Saturday evenings from May through
September, come enjoy buffalo burgers, homemade coleslaw, beans
and ice cream with fellow park-goers and locals while listening to folk
songs, tales and re-enactments of Nebraska history. Entertainers include
American folk musicians John and Susan McNeill, poet and musician
Michael McDonald, Woody Guthrie history and songs performed by
Kathryn N. Benzel and Mike Adams, a humanities program on American
explorer Jean Baptiste Charbonneau by Darrel Draper, and a Ponca
Cultural Night presented by Ponca Warrior Society dancers, buffalo
skinners, tool makers and storytellers.
Buffalo Cookout dates are May 23;
June 20, 27; July 4, 18; August
1; and Sept. 5. Cookouts are
at the cookout shelter and
serving begins at 6 p.m.
Cookout tickets are available
for purchase at the park
office, adults (13 years and
older) $12 and children $8. Register before the cut-off limit and signup time;
you must register before noon on that Saturday. Programs are free and will
follow immediately after serving. A minimum of 25 persons is required to hold
cookouts. For additional information about programs, call Niobrara State Park at
402-857-3373. ■
American folk musicians John and Susan McNeill
perform at Niobrara State Park.
PHOTOS
BY
JENNY
NGUYEN
