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weight of their bodies, the warriors would be suspended from the roof of the lodge and would hang there until they fainted. To add agony, heavy weights or buffalo skulls were added to the initiates' legs. After fainting, the warriors would be pulled down and the men (women were not allowed to attend this ceremony) would watch them until they awoke, proving the spirits' approval. Upon awakening, the warriors would offer the left little finger to the Great Spirit, whereupon a masked tribesman would sever it with a hatchet blow. Finally, participants would endure a grueling race around the village called "the last race", until the thongs tied to the buffalo skulls ripped out of their skin.
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ornaments in their hair. The hair was parted across the top with three sections hanging down in front. Sometimes the hair would hang down the nose and would be curled upwards with a curling stick. The hair would hang to the shoulders on the side, and the back portion would sometimes reach to the waist. The long hair in the back would create a tail-like feature, as it would be gathered into braids then smeared with clay and
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through which smoke could escape. Four pillars supported the frame of the lodge. Wood timbers were placed against these, and the exterior was covered with a matting made from reeds and twigs and then covered with hay and earth, which protected the interior from rain, heat and cold. It was sturdy enough so that numerous adults and children could sit on the top of the lodge. The lodge also featured an extended
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gathered objects believed to hold sacred powers. Those in possession of the bundles were considered to have sacred powers bestowed to them by the spirits and thus were considered the leaders of the clan and tribe. In historic times, the medicine bundles could be purchased, along with knowledge of the rites and rights associated with them, and then inherited by offspring.
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cache pits to store dehydrated corn. The name comes from two defensive trenches built outside the area of the lodges. Construction of the fortifications here and at other locations along the Missouri has been found to have correlated to periods of drought, when peoples would have raided each other for food.
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ceremony at the beginning of each summer. In addition to eating the meat, the Mandan used all parts of the buffalo, so nothing went to waste. 'Float bison', which accidentally fell or were driven into the river, were considered a Mandan delicacy and the meat was eaten when half-rotten. The hides were
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Children were named ten days after their birth in a ceremony that officially linked the child with its family and clan. Girls were taught domestic skills, especially cultivation and processing of maize and other plants, preparation, tanning and processing of skins and meats, needlework and quillwork,
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The interior was constructed around four large pillars, upon which crossbeams supported the roof. These lodges were designed, built and owned by the women of the tribe, and ownership was passed through the female line. Generally 40 feet (12 m) in diameter, they could hold several families, up to
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steamboat traveled westward up the Missouri River from St. Louis. Its passengers and traders aboard infected the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. There were approximately 1,600 Mandan living in the two villages at that time. The disease killed 90% of the Mandan people, effectively destroying their
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in 1738. The Mandans carried him into their village, whose location is unknown. It is estimated that at the time of his visit, 15,000 Mandan resided in the nine well-fortified villages on the Heart River; the villages held a total of 1,000 lodges. According to Vérendrye, the Mandans at that time were
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to refer to themselves: Numakaki (Nųmą́khų́·ki) (or Rųwą́ʔka·ki) ("many men, people") was inclusive and not limited to a specific village or band. This name was used before the smallpox epidemic of 1837–1838. Nueta (Nų́ʔetaa), the name used after this epidemic ("ourselves, our people") was originally
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in the winter of 1804 documented the arrival of thousands of Assiniboine Indians as well as Cree and Cheyenne to trade. The Mandan bartered corn in exchange for dried bison meat. The Mandan also exchanged horses with the Assiniboine in exchange for arms, ammunition and European products. Clark noted
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They wanted to discourage trade in the region by the English and the Americans, but the Mandan carried on open trade with all competitors. They were not going to be limited by the maneuvering of the Europeans. French traders in St. Louis also sought to establish direct overland communication between
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to the South. The Mandan used them both for transportation, to carry packs and pull travois, and for hunting. The horses helped with the expansion of Mandan hunting territory on to the Plains. The encounter with the French from Canada in the 18th century created a trading link between the French and
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can be transmitted through contaminated articles such as clothing or blankets. In the nineteenth century, the U.S. Army sent contaminated blankets to Native Americans, especially Plains groups, to control the Indian problem." The Commissioner of Indian Affairs had refused to send the vaccine to the
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Various other terms and alternate spellings that occur in the literature include: Mayátana, Mayátani, Mąwádanį, Mąwádąδį, Huatanis, Mandani, Wahtani, Mantannes, Mantons, Mendanne, Mandanne, Mandians, Maw-dân, Meandans, les Mandals, Me-too´-ta-häk, Numakshi, Rųwą́'kši, Wíhwatann, Mevatan, Mevataneo.
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epidemic in 1781, the people had to abandon several villages, and remnants of the Hidatsa also gathered with them in a reduced number of villages. In 1836, there were more than 1,600 full-blood Mandans but, following another smallpox epidemic in 1836–37, this number was estimated to have dropped to
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had become infected and carried the disease throughout their territory. Other warring and trading peoples also became infected. The Mandan lost so many people that the number of clans was reduced from thirteen to seven; three clan names from villages west of the Missouri were lost altogether. They
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What was known as Double Ditch Village was located on the east bank of the Missouri River, north of where present-day Bismarck developed. It was occupied by the Rupture Mandan for nearly 300 years. Today the site has depressions that are evidence of their lodges and smaller ones where they created
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began with the young men not eating, drinking, or sleeping for four days. Then they were led to a hut, where they had to sit with smiling faces while the skin of their chest and shoulders was slit and wooden skewers were thrust behind the muscles. With the skewers tied to ropes and supporting the
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The Mandan joined with the Arikara in 1862. By this time, Like-a-Fishhook Village had become a major center of trade in the region. By the 1880s, though, the village was abandoned. In the second half of the 19th century, the Three Affiliated Tribes (the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) gradually lost
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Historically clans organized around successful hunters and their kin. Each clan was expected to care for its own, including orphans and the elderly, from birth to death. The dead were traditionally cared for by their father's clan. Clans held a sacred or medicine bundle, which consisted of a few
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and stole a blanket from an infected passenger, thus starting the epidemic. The many variations of this account have been criticized by both historians and contemporaries as fiction, a fabrication intended to assuage the guilt of white settlers for displacing the Indians. "The blanket affair was
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not guilty of premeditated genocide, but he was guilty of contributing to the deaths of thousands of innocent people. The law calls his offence criminal negligence. Yet in light of all the deaths, the almost complete annihilation of the Mandans, and the terrible suffering the region endured, the
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The Mandan gradually moved upriver, and consolidated in present-day North Dakota by the fifteenth century. From 1500 to about 1782, the Mandan reached the height of their population and influence. Their villages showed increasing densities as well as stronger fortifications, for instance at Huff
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Soon attacks on hunting parties by Lakota and other Sioux made it difficult for the Mandan to be safe in the treaty area. The tribes called for the United States Army to intervene, and they would routinely ask for such aid until the end of Lakota primacy. Despite the treaty, the Mandan received
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During the winter months, men would commonly wear deerskin tunics and leggings with moccasins. They also kept themselves warm by wearing a robe of buffalo fur. During the summer months, however, they often wore only a loincloth of deerskin or sheepskin. Unlike the women, men would wear various
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The Mandan were known for their distinctive, large, circular earthen lodges, in which more than one family lived. Their permanent villages were composed of these lodges. Constructed and maintained by women, each lodge was circular with a dome-like roof and a square hole at the apex of the dome
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In 1825 the Mandans signed a peace treaty with the leaders of the Atkinson-O'Fallon Expedition. The treaty required that the Mandans recognize the supremacy of the United States, admit that they reside on United States territory, and relinquish all control and regulation of trade to the United
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After their arrival on the banks of the Heart River, the Mandan constructed several villages, the largest of which were at the mouth of the river. Archeological evidence and ground imaging radar have revealed changes in the defensive boundaries of these villages over time. The people built new
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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. Mandan gardens were often located near river banks, where annual flooding would leave the most fertile soil, sometimes in
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While New Town was constructed for the displaced tribal members, much damage was done to the social and economic foundations of the reservation by the loss of flooded areas. The flooding claimed approximately one quarter of the reservation's land. This land contained some of the most fertile
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and snakes. To the north of the river, Lone Man created the Great Plains, domesticated animals, birds, fish and humans. The first humans lived underground near a large lake. Some of the more adventurous humans climbed a grapevine to the surface and discovered the two worlds. After returning
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on April 12, 1870, the federal government acknowledged only that the Three Affiliated Tribes held 8 million acres (32,000 km). On July 1, 1880, another executive order deprived the tribes of 7 million acres (28,000 km) of land lying outside the boundaries of the reservation.
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failed to cut off a large war party of Lakota that was attacking the Mandan, although "... the Mandans should be protected same as white settlers". Five Arikaras and a Mandan were killed by the Lakota. The attack turned out to be one of the last made by the Lakota on the Three Tribes.
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Sioux Indians attacked the Mandan village Nuptadi and set it on fire around 1785. The "turtles" used in the Okipa ceremony were saved. "When Nuptadi Village was burned by the Sioux ...", recounted Mandan woman Scattercorn, "... the turtles produced water which protected them ...".
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speakers, and the Arikara were often early competitors with the Mandan, although both were horticulturalists. They built a settlement known as Crow Creek village on a bluff above the Missouri. The modern town of Chamberlain, South Dakota developed about eleven miles south of here.
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agricultural areas upon which their economy had been developed. The Mandan did not have other land that was as fertile or viable for agriculture. In addition, the flooding claimed the sites of historic villages and archaeological sites with sacred meaning for the peoples.
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for religious visions at the age of ten or eleven. Marriage among the Mandan was generally arranged by members of one's own clan, especially uncles; although, occasionally it would take place without the approval of the couple's parents. Divorce could be easily obtained.
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In their creation myth, the world was created by two rival deities, the First Creator and the Lone Man. The Missouri River divided the two worlds that the beings created. First Creator created the lands to the south of the river with hills, valleys, trees, buffalo,
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Mitutanka, now occupied by Arikaras as well as some Mandans, was burned by Yankton Sioux Indians on January 9, 1839. "... the small Pox last year, very near annihilated the Whole tribe, and the Sioux has finished the Work of destruction by burning the village".
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In the 20th century, the people began to recover. In the 1990s, 6,000 people were enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes. In the 2010 Census, 1,171 people reported Mandan ancestry. Some 365 of them identified as full-bloods, and 806 had partial Mandan ancestry.
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Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer. (1862). Contributions to the ethnography and philology of the Indian tribes of the Missouri Valley: Prepared under the direction of Capt. William F. Reynolds, T.E.U.S.A., and published by permission of the War Department.
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30 or 40 people, who were related through the elder women. When a young man married, he moved to his wife's lodge, which she shared with her mother and sisters. Villages usually had around 120 lodges. Reconstructions of these lodges may be seen at
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Arikara, Hidatsa and Mandan 1851 treaty territory. (Area 529, 620 and 621 south of the Missouri). Fort Berthold Indian Reservation included land both south and north of the Missouri (the light pink area). The acreage of the reservation was reduced
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with Hidatsa and Crow for many years, the exact relationship between Mandan and other Siouan languages (including Hidatsa and Crow) has been obscured. For this reason, linguists classify Mandan most often as a separate branch of the Siouan family.
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Upon the death of a family member, the father and his people would erect a scaffold near the village to contain the body. The body would be placed with the head toward the northwest and feet to the southeast. Southeast is the direction of the
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The Mandan and neighboring Hidatsa villages were key centers of trade on the Northern plains. The Mandan sometimes traded far from home but more often nomadic plains peoples travelled to the upper Missouri villages to trade. For example
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Major fights were fought. "We destroyed fifty tepees . The following summer thirty men in a war party were killed", tells the Mandan winter count of Butterfly for 1835–1836. The big war party was neutralized by Yanktonai Sioux Indians.
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The bands all practiced extensive farming, which was carried out by the women, including the drying and processing of corn. The Mandan-Hidatsa settlements, called the "Marketplace of the Central Plains", were major hubs of trade in the
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tribe until their encounter with the Mandan, who taught them to build stationary villages and cultivate agriculture. The Hidatsa continued to maintain amicable relations with the Mandan and constructed villages north of them on the
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18th-century reports about characteristics of Mandan lodges, religion and occasional physical features among tribal members, such as blue and grey eyes along with lighter hair coloring, stirred speculation about the possibility of
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The ceremony opened with a Bison Dance, to call the buffalo to the people. It was followed by a variety of torturous ordeals through which warriors proved their physical courage and gained the approval of the spirits. The
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has been involved in fieldwork with remaining speakers since 1993. As of 1999, there were only six fluent speakers of Mandan still alive. As of 2010, programs in local schools encourage students' learning the language.
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created afterward and is not to be credited", notes B. A. Mann. Given trade and travel patterns, there were numerous ways for people to have been infected, as they had been in earlier, also severe, epidemics.
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Up until the late 19th century, when Mandan people began adopting Western-style dress, they commonly wore clothing made from the hides of buffalo, as well as of deer and sheep. From the hides,
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were used to create rake-like implements used in farming. Birds were hunted for meat and feathers, the latter used for adornment. Archaeological evidence shows that the Mandan also ate fish.
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eventually moved northward about 25 miles, and consolidated into two villages, one on each side of the river, as they rebuilt following the epidemic. Similarly afflicted, the much reduced
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The Mandan believed that they had been infected by whites associated with the steamboat and Fort Clark. Chief Four Bears reportedly said, while ailing, "a set of Black harted [
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Hjalmar Holand has proposed that interbreeding with Norse survivors might explain the "blond" Indians among the Mandan on the Upper Missouri River. In a multidisciplinary study of the
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their treaty area south of the Missouri by the frequent raiding of Lakota and other Sioux. Before the end of 1862, some Sioux Indians set fire to part of a Like-a-Fishhook Village.
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Some scholars who have argued that the transmission of smallpox to Native Americans during the 1836-40 epidemic was intentional, including Ann F. Ramenofsky who asserted in 1987: "
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a large, powerful, prosperous nation who were able to dictate trade on their own terms. They traded with other Native Americans both from the north and the south, from downriver.
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blamed the American Fur Company for the epidemic. Oral traditions of the affected tribes continue to claim that whites were to blame for the disease. R. G. Robertson in his book
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Those finishing the ceremony were seen as being honored by the spirits; those completing the ceremony twice would gain everlasting fame among the tribe. Chief Four Bears, or
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underground, they shared their findings and decided to return with many others. As they were climbing the grapevine, it broke and half the Mandan were left underground.
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epidemic broke out in Mexico City in 1779/1780. It slowly spread northward through the Spanish empire, by trade and warfare, reaching the northern plains in 1781. The
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The Arikara Indians were from time to time also among the foes of the Mandans. Chief Four Bears's revenge on the Arikara, who had killed his brother, is legendary.
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British and French Canadians from the north carried out more than twenty fur-trading expeditions down to the Hidatsa and Mandan villages in the years 1794 to 1800.
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At some point during this time, the Hidatsa people also moved into the region. They also spoke a Siouan language. Mandan tradition states that the Hidatsa were a
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in the 16th century and had been hit by similar epidemics every few decades. Between 1837 and 1838, another smallpox epidemic swept the region. In June 1837, an
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area on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Built in 1923, this is a wooden version of the classic Mandan earthwork lodge. This area was flooded in 1951. From the
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gum, and tied with cords of deerskin. Headdresses of feathers were often worn as well. Besides buffalo, elk, and deer hides, the Mandan also used ermine and
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They constructed the Four Bears Casino and Lodge in 1993, attracting tourists and generating gaming and employment income for the impoverished reservation.
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In the early 20th century, the government seized more land; by 1910, the reservation was reduced to 900,000 acres (3,600 km). This land is located in
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recognized 12 million acres (49,000 km) of land in the territory owned jointly by these tribes. With the creation of the Fort Berthold Reservation by
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The Mandan population was 3,600 in the early 18th century. It is estimated to have been 10,000–15,000 before European encounter. Decimated by a widespread
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In the summer of 1862, the Arikara joined the Mandan and Hidatsa in Like-a-Fishhook Village on the upper Missouri. All three tribes were forced to live
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woman. Sacagawea accompanied the expedition as it traveled west, assisting them with information and translating skills as they journeyed toward the
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Arikara, Hidatsa and Mandan Indian territory, 1851. Like-a-Fishhook Village, Fort Berthold I and II, and military post Fort Buford, North Dakota.
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The bands did not often move along the river until the late 18th century, after their populations plummeted due to smallpox and other epidemics.
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has stated that none of the material evidence that would be expected from a Viking presence in and travel through the American Midwest exists.
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used for buffalo-fur robes or were tanned, and the leather used for clothing, bags, shelter and other uses. The Mandan were known for their
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that the Mandan obtained horses and leather tents from peoples to the west and southwest such as Crows, Cheyennes, Kiowas and Arapahos.
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Meyer, Roy W.: The Village Indians of the Upper Missouri. The Mandans, Hidatsas, and Arikaras. Lincoln and London, 1977, pp. 18 and 21.
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ceremony was a major part of Mandan religious life. This complex ceremony related to the creation of the earth was first recorded by
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The Sioux kept consolidating their dominant position on the northern plains. In the words of "Cheyenne warrior" and Lakota-allied
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Hunting the buffalo was a critical part of Mandan survival and rituals. They called the buffalo to "come to the village" in the
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Hollow, Robert C. and Douglas Parks (1980). Studies in plains linguistics: A review. In W. R. Wood & M. P. Liberty (Eds.),
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Ewers, John C.: "Early White Influence Upon Plains Indian Painting: George Catlin and Karl Bodmer Among the Mandans, 1832–34".
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It was formerly thought that the village was Menoken, this was disproved when Menoken was shown to belong to an earlier period
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A feast inside a Mandan lodge, art by George Catlin, showing the four pillars supporting the roof and the smoke hole, ca. 1830
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Burpee, Lawrence J. (Ed.): Journals and Letters of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de la Vérendrye and His Sons. New York, 1968.
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spent more time recording Mandan over all other Siouan languages and additionally prepared a comparison list of Mandan and
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Hjalmar Holand, "The Kensington Rune Stone: A Study in Pre-Columbian American History." Ephraim WI, self-published (1932).
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to refer to a general tribal entity. Later, this word fell to disuse and instead two divisions' names were used,
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recorded by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden in 1862 reportedly means "people on the river bank", but this may be a
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Santa Fé and their city; the fur trading Chouteau brothers gained a Spanish monopoly on trade with Santa Fe.
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visited the tribe, the number of Mandan had been greatly reduced by smallpox epidemics and warring bands of
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could be made. These items were often ornamented with quills and bird feathers, and men sometimes wore the
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locations miles from villages. Women owned and tended the gardens, where they planted several varieties of
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in about 1170. This view was popular at the time but has since been disputed by the bulk of scholarship.
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Later the Pawnee and Arikara moved from the Republican River north along the Missouri River. They were
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meat and fat. Food was the primary item, but they also traded for horses, guns, and other trade goods.
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label criminal negligence is benign, hardly befitting an action that had such horrendous consequences.
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states that they also call themselves the "Pheasant people." George Catlin said the Mandans (or
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The Mandan's religion and cosmology was highly complex and centered around the figure known as
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Crow's Heart, a Mandan, wearing a traditional deerhide tunic, photo by Edward Curtis, ca. 1908
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that often recorded historic events. The bones would be carved into items such as needles and
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for failing to quarantine passengers and crew once the epidemic broke out, stating that while
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in History for her 2014 book and 10-year project detailing the history of the Mandan people.
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gave evidence that the Mandan language may have been closely related to the language of the
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Personal communication from Mauricio Mixco in 1999, reported in Parks & Rankin p. 112.
1127:. They shared a mutual treaty area north of Heart River with the Hidatsa and the Arikara. 906:. Catlin painted and drew scenes of Mandan life as well as portraits of chiefs, including 823: 743: 603:-speaking people (possibly including the Hidatsa), they originated in the area of the mid- 497: 485: 383: 377: 262: 177: 173: 109: 2291: 2143: 945:. Catlin believed the Mandan were the "Welsh Indians" of folklore, descendants of Prince 558:"Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge in Mih-Tutta-Hankush" 3256: 3043: 2693:
Counting Coup and Cutting Horses. Intertribal Warfare on the Northern Plains, 1738–1889
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and how to build and keep a home. Boys were taught hunting and fishing. The boys began
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The Mandan maintained the stockade around Mitutanka Village when threats were present.
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Parks, Douglas R.; Jones, A. Wesley; Hollow, Robert C; & Ripley, David J. (1978).
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Lowie, Robert H. (1913). Societies of the Hidatsa and Mandan Indians. In R. H. Lowie,
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Hanson, Jeffrey R.: "Ethnohistoric Notes on the Fate of a Mandan War Party in 1836",
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on the Missouri River. Developed for flood control and irrigation, this dam created
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people joined them for defense. Through and after the epidemic, they were raided by
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words (he thought that the Mandan may have been displaced Welsh). The theory of the
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ditches and palisades circumscribing smaller areas as their populations reduced.
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The exact origins and early history of the Mandan are unknown. Early studies by
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Villages were usually oriented around a central plaza that was used for games (
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In 1845, the Hidatsa moved some 20 miles north, crossed the Missouri and built
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Newman, Marshall T. "The Blond Mandan: A Critical Review of an Old Problem."
2861:. Trends in linguistics: State-of-the-art report (No. 3). The Hague: Mouton. 2620: 2190: 253:. He had previously heard the earth lodge peoples referred to by the Cree as 1610: 1582:. The second soul was colored a light brown and was seen in the form of the 1574:
According to Mandan beliefs, each person possessed four different, immortal
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the name of Mandan villagers living on the west bank of the Missouri River.
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In June 1874, there "was a big war" near Like-a-Fishhook-Village. Colonel
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and scholars studying the Mandan subscribe to the theory that, like other
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Synonymy section written by D. R. Parks in Wood & Irwin, pp. 362–364.
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States. The Mandan and the United States Army never met in open warfare.
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Wood, W. Raymond, & Lee Irwin. "Mandan". In R. J. DeMallie (Ed.),
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settlements. Almost all of the tribe's members, including the second
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Mandan has different grammatical forms that depend on the sex of the
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had enough storage pits to store seventy thousand bushels of corn.
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Village. It had 115 large lodges with more than 1,000 residents.
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Mandan girls gathering berries, photo by Edward Curtis, ca. 1908
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The okipa ceremony as witnessed by George Catlin, circa 1835.
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were acquired by the Mandan in the mid-18th century from the
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Mandans, apparently not thinking them worthy of protection.
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ceremony. During the winter months of 1833 and 1834, Prince
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The Mandan and their language received much attention from
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was extended to refer to a general tribal entity. The name
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The Tainted Gift: The Disease Method of Frontier Expansion
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Snow scene of a modern reconstructed earth lodge at the
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The Mandan and the two culturally related tribes, the
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who have lived for centuries primarily in what is now
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Vectors of Death: The Archaeology of European Contact
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Native Americans of the region; the Mandan served as
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The first European known to visit the Mandan was the
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Originally lodges were rectangular, but around 1500
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and his followers who had emigrated to America from
2898:(pp. 68–97). Lincoln: University of Nebraska. 1219:, known as the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. 115: 95: 62: 52: 3208:Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site 3128:Societies of the Crow, Hidatsa, and Mandan Indians 3052:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 2712: 2710: 1321:Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site 1296:Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site 3193:Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara: Three Affiliated Tribes 1375:The Mandan were originally divided into thirteen 402:. However, since the Mandan language has been in 3083:a study of the cultural relationships among the 2682:, Vol, 7, (Winter 1960), pp. 28–43, quote p. 39. 2431:, Vol. 7, (Winter 1960), pp. 28–43, quote p. 29. 930:Speculation about pre-Columbian European contact 3058:(2), 231–461. Philadelphia: C. Sherman and Son. 2768: 2766: 2764: 2083:. North Dakota State Government. Archived from 2041:, New York: Hill and Wang, 2015 paperback, p. 8 1507:Mandan women wore ankle-length dresses made of 2584:Rotting Face: Smallpox and the American Indian 2142:Will, George Francis; Hyde, George E. (1917). 1338:. Today, the Mandan live in modern dwellings. 1286:, photographed by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1908 1071:Rotting Face: Smallpox and the American Indian 504:sound often denotes smallness/less intensity, 3117:International Journal of American Linguistics 2390:Life of George Bent. Written From His Letters 1843: 1841: 1731:"Ptihn-Tak-Ochatä, dance of the Mandan Women" 1005:. Many Mandans joined for common protection. 237:is derived from the French-Canadian explorer 8: 3063:Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico 2859:The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan languages 2724: 2722: 2145:Corn Among the Indians of the Upper Missouri 1534:, ceremonies, and other significant events. 29: 3178:Will, George; & Spinden, H. J. (1906). 2828:"New Four Bears Bridge is open for traffic" 2798:"National Indian Gaming Association – NIGA" 1362:"The interior of the hut of a Mandan Chief" 936:Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories 472:is used when asking of women. Likewise the 3096:Handbook of North American Indians: Plains 2918:Handbook of North American Indians: Plains 2455:Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark, 1834–1839 2416:Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark, 1834–1839 35: 28: 3173:Earth lodge tales from the upper Missouri 3137:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3115:Kennard, Edward. (1936). Mandan grammar. 2844:Mandan Social and Ceremonial Organisation 2842:Bowers, Alfred W. (1950 reprinted 2004). 2654:The Village Indians of the Upper Missouri 2466:Gilman, Carolyn and Mary Jane Schneider: 2403:Mandan Social and Ceremonial Organization 2238:Wood, Raymond W. and Thomas D. Thiessen: 1073:, blames Captain Pratte of the steamboat 139:Native American tribe of the Great Plains 16:Native American tribe of the Great Plains 2586:; Caxton Press; 2001, pp. 80–83; 298–312 1932: 1930: 1928: 658:The Mandan were divided into bands. The 216: 3243: 2950:Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 2736: 2734: 2643:. Lincoln, NE and London, 1977, p. 106. 2335:, Long Grove IL, Waveland Press (2004) 2071: 2069: 2067: 2010:Hollow 1970, p. 457 (in Mithun p. 280). 1926: 1924: 1922: 1920: 1918: 1916: 1914: 1912: 1910: 1908: 1889:"Searching for English word(s): mandan" 1837: 1664: 1554:. Lone Man was involved in many of the 1264:"Mih-Tutta-Hangjusch, a Mandan village" 1167:control of some of their holdings. The 735:, mentioned in a 1736 letter by Jesuit 3290:Native American tribes in South Dakota 3285:Native American tribes in North Dakota 3213:Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation 2913:Vol. 6, No. 3 (Autumn, 1950): 255–272. 2599:; ABC-CLIO Publishers; 2009; pp. 62–63 2065: 2063: 2061: 2059: 2057: 2055: 2053: 2051: 2049: 2047: 1874: 1872: 1675:"Mändeh-Páhchu, A young Mandan Indian" 1063:The American Fur Trade of the Far West 461:. Questions asked of men must use the 239:Pierre Gaultier, Sieur de la Verendrye 3135:The languages of Native North America 2911:Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 2192:Catholic Encyclopedia: Mandan Indians 512:denotes largeness/greater intensity: 41:Portrait of Sha-kó-ka, a Mandan girl, 7: 2214:Encounters at the Heart of the World 1117:Historic American Engineering Record 706:Great Plains Indian trading networks 484:when addressing women, and also for 63:Regions with significant populations 3305:Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation 3199:Article on bridge opening from the 2242:. Norman and London, 1987, Table 1. 2132:Fenn (2015), Preface, and pp. 15–18 2039:Encounters at the Hear of the World 1769:"Dog-sledges of the Mandan Indians" 670:("those who tattooed themselves"), 584:or Winnebago people of present-day 368:A pair of Mandan men in a print by 2483:. Lincoln and London, 1981, p. 11. 2444:, 1983, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 11–15. 2277:. Lincoln and London, 1977, p. 54. 1139:little protection from US forces. 261:in their languages, for instance, 14: 3013:Fenn, Elizabeth A. (March 2014). 2612:Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties 2262:Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties 1981:Indian Life on the Upper Missouri 1035:The Mandan were first plagued by 3252:"Pulitzer Prize in History 2015" 2896:Anthropology on the Great Plains 2609:Kappler, Charles Joseph (1903). 1893:AISRI Dictionary Database Search 1783: 1761: 1745: 1723: 1701: 1689: 1667: 1119:collection, Library of Congress. 81: 69: 3201:Williston (North Dakota) Herald 3079:, and Cash, Joseph, H. (1974), 3042:'s history department, won the 2983:Zimmerman, Karen. "Mandan". In 2876:. New York: Wings Books, 1975. 2826:Kvamme, Thomas A (2005-09-02). 2493:Jones, Landon Y. (2005-04-30). 2296:. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 2019:Hollow & Parks 1980, p. 82. 1756:or Four Bears, by George Catlin 1313:Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park 1123:The Mandan were a party in the 1059:Journal at Fort Clark 1834–1839 304:The Mandan have used differing 156:and two of its tributaries—the 3040:University of Colorado-Boulder 2965:. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press. 1827:Indian Vaccination Act of 1832 1492:, dresses, buffalo-fur robes, 943:pre-Columbian European contact 766:in the trade in furs, horses, 249:guides, which call the Mandan 223:Offering of the Mandan Indians 1: 3175:. Bismarck, ND: Mary College. 3019:. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2524:. May 9, 2006. Archived from 1791:"Idols of the Mandan Indians" 1621:may be seen in the 1970 film 972:Intertribal warfare 1785-1845 448:Mandan–Welsh connection 2804:. 2006-01-11. Archived from 2749:Zimmerman pp. 299–300. 1224:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1103:Late-19th and 20th centuries 1009:Smallpox epidemic of 1837–38 108: • formerly 3204:(Accessed November 5, 2005) 3156:Mixco, Mauricio C. (1997). 3061:Hodge, Frederick Webb, Ed. 2978:Madoc, the Making of a Myth 2227:Madoc, the Making of a Myth 1169:Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 1125:Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 696:lived on both banks of the 354:See-pohs-kah-nu-mah-kah-kee 145:. They are enrolled in the 3328: 3229:North to the Mandan Nation 3133:Mithun, Marianne. (1999). 2887:Hollow, Robert C. (1970). 2695:. Evergreen, 1990, p. 133. 2405:. Moscow, ID: 1991, p. 70. 2392:. Norman, OK: 1987, p. 16. 2353:Feder, Kenneth L. (2010). 1242:was constructed for them. 1208:counties in North Dakota. 933: 920:Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied 688:(does not translate). The 375: 314:Nųmą́khų́·ki / Rųwą́ʔka·ki 241:, who in 1738 heard it as 18: 3233:Prairie Public Television 2961:Robertson, R. G. (2001). 2359:. ABC-CLIO. p. 137. 2105:Fenn (2015), pp. 4–11, 13 1817:White Buffalo Cow Society 1496:, gloves, loincloths and 1213:Indian Reorganization Act 842:Painting of Mandan Chief 676:("those who quarreled"), 572:Origins and early history 440:Prince Maximilian of Wied 312:The Mandan probably used 120: 100: 67: 57: 34: 3231:Documentary produced by 3081:Three Affiliated Tribes, 2857:Chafe, Wallace. (1976). 926:stayed with the Mandan. 902:visited the Mandan near 682:("our people"), and the 480:when addressing men and 2778:(retrieved 24 Aug 2011) 2773:"Mandan Creation Myth." 2470:. St. Paul, 1987, p. 4. 1217:Three Affiliated Tribes 1180:20th century to present 1151:George Armstrong Custer 1003:Like-a-Fishhook Village 611:valleys in present-day 500:in their vocabulary. A 21:Mandan (disambiguation) 2728:Zimmerman pp. 298–299. 2114:Fenn (2015), pp. 11–13 1968:North American Indians 1966:Catlin, p. 80, vol. 1 1558:as well as one of the 1547: 1485: 1477: 1372: 1299: 1287: 1275: 1226:began construction of 1163: 1135: 1120: 1084: 1032: 846: 835: 832:Charles Marion Russell 728: 619:and its tributary the 568: 450:was also supported by 392:Siouan language family 373: 230: 164:rivers—in present-day 3005:Brower, J. V. 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Later, the term 31: 3195:, official website 2931:Potter, Tracy A., 2331:Alice Beck Kehoe, 2123:Fenn (2015), p. 18 2087:on 28 October 2017 1624:A Man Called Horse 1568:pronghorn antelope 1548: 1486: 1478: 1373: 1300: 1288: 1276: 1164: 1136: 1121: 1033: 847: 836: 729: 719:European encounter 569: 436:European Americans 428:University of Utah 374: 334:Nų́ʔetaa / Rų́ʔeta 231: 104: • 3026:978-0-374-71107-8 2956:978-0-19-513877-1 2852:978-0-8032-6224-9 2776:Native Languages. 2582:R. G. 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Index

Mandan (disambiguation)

George Catlin
United States
North Dakota
English
Hidatsa
Mandan
Hidatsa
Arikara
Native American tribe of the Great Plains
North Dakota
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation
Missouri River
Heart
Knife
North
South Dakota
Mandan
Siouan language
earth lodges
tribes
bison
smallpox

Offering of the Mandan Indians
Karl Bodmer
Pierre Gaultier, Sieur de la Verendrye
Assiniboine
Teton

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