WILLISTON – The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston is offering engaging, family-friendly ways this summer to experience the confluence of cultures, rivers and time. Registration is not required for these free programs in June.

Programs include:

– From Atlatls to Arrows: Early Peoples Hunting Strategies, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.-noon. and 3-4 p.m.

Learn how the region’s earliest hunters crafted and used tools made from stone, wood and sinew at this interactive drop-in session. Test your aim with ancient weapons including the atlatl, a spear-throwing tool, and the traditional bow and arrow.

– Throwback Thursdays: Frontier and Indigenous Games at the Confluence, Thursdays, 2 p.m.

This drop-in program features a rotating lineup of games once played by Indigenous communities and frontier families.

– Where Rivers Meet: A Walk Through History and Nature, Saturdays, 10 a.m.

This 60-minute guided walk explores the post-glacial landscape of the confluence, highlighting native plants, wildlife and river ecology while connecting those natural features to human stories, especially Indigenous use of the land, the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the development of nearby Fort Buford.

– Confluence Learning Lab: Early Peoples and Hunting Tools, Friday, June 28, 2 p.m.

Explore the handmade tools hunters developed to adapt to their environment, then use atlatls and bows in a supervised, educational setting. It’s an enriching blend of history, science, and fun.

– Reel History at the Confluence: “Ice Age” Movie and Fossil Fun, Saturday, June 29, 10 a.m. and noon.

A screening of the animated movie “Ice Age” will be followed by a hands-on fossil experience.

Children must be accompanied by an adult at any of the programs.

The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center and Fort Buford are open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Sept. 30. All times listed are Central time.