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Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S. Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over two miles (3.2 km) in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world. [4]
The High Butte Effigy and Village Site is an ancient Native American ceremonial site near the Garrison Dam and Riverdale, North Dakota. [1] [3] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is located atop a butte and includes a "turf cut turtle effigy."
The creation of Garrison Dam between 1947–53 and Lake Sakakawea as water reservoir for irrigation, for flood control, and hydroelectric power generation in 1956, flooded of large areas of tribal lands that were devoted to farming and ranching, destroying much of the Three Affiliated Tribes’ economy.
In 1951, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of Garrison Dam on the Missouri River. Developed for flood control and irrigation, this dam created Lake Sakakawea. It flooded portions of the Fort Berthold Reservation, including the villages of Fort Berthold and Elbowoods, as well as a number of other villages.
The Three Affiliated Tribes, specifically, lost 155,000 acres (630 km 2) in their Fort Berthold Reservation due to the building of the Garrison Dam. The project caused more than 1,500 Native Americans to relocate from the river bottoms of the Missouri river due to the flooding. [4]
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, ... Salmon are central to the culture and fishing tradition of Native tribes along the Klamath River. But the dams have ...
Elbowoods was located in McLean County, North Dakota, and was the agency seat for the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation for the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.It was located on the floodplains near the Missouri River, at an elevation of 1,740 feet (530 m). [1]
Work on the dam removal project began in June. The smallest dam, Copco No. 2, was torn down by crews using heavy machinery. The other three dams are set to be dismantled next year, starting with a ...