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Mandan food came from farming, hunting, gathering wild plants, and trade. Corn was the primary crop, and part of the surplus was traded with nomadic tribes for bison meat. [4] Mandan gardens were often located near river banks, where annual flooding would leave the most fertile soil, sometimes in locations miles from villages.
The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation), also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan: Miiti Naamni; Hidatsa: Awadi Aguraawi; Arikara: ačitaanu' táWIt), is a federally recognized Native American Nation resulting from the alliance of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples, whose Indigenous lands ranged across the Missouri River basin extending from present day North Dakota ...
Mandan was initially thought to be closely related to Hidatsa and Crow. However, since Mandan has had language contact with Hidatsa and Crow for many years, the exact relationship between Mandan and other Siouan languages (including Hidatsa and Crow) has been obscured and is currently undetermined. Thus, Mandan is most often considered to be a ...
Pre-contact distribution of Arikara Arikara man wearing a bearskin, 1908 Mandan and Arikara delegation. Seated at center: Arikara chief Son of the Star. The Arikara (English: / ə ˈ r ɪ k ər ə /), also known as Sahnish, [2] Arikaree, Ree, or Hundi, are a tribe of Native Americans in North Dakota and South Dakota.
The Mandan villages consisted of 12 to 100 lodges and were well organized with a hierarchy of leaders. In 1750, there were about nine large Mandan villages, however, by the start of the 1800s, the smallpox epidemic decreased the tribe to only two villages. By 1837, there were about 100 to 150 Mandan survivors. [3]
Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site was once the home to a Mandan and later an Arikara settlement. Over the course of its history it also had two factories (trading posts) . Today only archeological remains survive at the site located eight miles west of Washburn, North Dakota , United States.
Sheheke, Sheheke-shote (Mandan: Shehék Shót), translated as White Coyote, and also known as Coyote or Big White (c. 1766–1812), was a Mandan chief. His name is also sometimes spelled Shahaka. [1] Sheheke was at the time of the arrival of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark among the Mandan in late 1804 the main civil chief at Mitutanka. [2]
Pages in category "Mandan" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...