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Encyclopedia: Mandan

The Mandan are a Native American tribe that historically lived along the banks of the Missouri River and two of its tributaries--the Heart and Knife Rivers--in present-day North and South Dakota. Speakers of Mandan, a Siouan language, the Mandan were in contrast with other tribes in the Great Plains region in the establishment of permanent villages instead of leading a nomadic existence tracking herds of buffalo. These permanent settlements featured round, earthen lodges surrounding a central plaza. While the buffalo were key to the daily life of the Mandan, the buffalo were supplemented by agriculture and trade.

Archaeological research suggests the Mandan people migrated from the Ohio River valley to the banks of the Missouri River. They were first encountered there by Europeans in 1738 and their friendliness and willingness to trade brought many traders and fur trappers to their villages over the next century. By the turn of the 19th century, attacks by neighboring tribes and epidemics of smallpox and whooping cough, significantly diminished the Mandan's population. A major smallpox outbreak in 1837 reduced their numbers to approximately 125.^[1] With such meager numbers, the Mandan banded together with two neighboring tribes, the Arikara and Hidatsa.

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How to say "Mandan" in other languages:

	(German)	Mandan (Volk)
	(Spanish)	Mandan
	(French)	Mandan

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Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation

Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation , also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes , are a Native American group comprised of a union of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples, whose native lands... North Dakota. The current tribal chairman is Tex G. Hall, who assumed office in 1998. Mandan The...

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1740 in Canada

See also: 1739 in Canada, other events of 1740, 1741 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. Events 1740s: The Mandan Indians west of the Great Lakes begin to trade in horses descended from those brought to Texas by the Spanish. Itinerant Assiniboine Indians bring them from Mandan...

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La Vérendryes

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Rashad Mandan Omar

Rashad Mandan Omar is the current Iraqi Minister of Technology, part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. A Sunni Muslim and Turkoman, originally from Kirkuk, Omar is an engineer by training and recently returned to Iraq from a period working in Dubai...

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Robert Mandan

Robert Mandan (born February 2, 1932) is an American actor. He was born in Clever, Missouri. Among numerous television roles, he is most famous for his portrayal of businessman Sam Reynolds on Search for Tomorrow from 1965 to 1970, and his subsequent satire of the genre playing Chester Tate on the...

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Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

villages of the Mandans and the Hidatsas. The captains decide to build Fort Mandan across the river... trapper living among the Hidatsas with his Shoshone wife, Sacagawea. December 24 - Fort Mandan is...

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Heart River

northeast, and joins the Missouri at Mandan...

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Siouan languages

The Siouan languages are a Native American language family of North America. Some linguists group the Siouan languages together with the Caddoan and Iroquoian languages in a Macro-Siouan language family. Siouan languages Catawba language Siouan proper languages Central Siouan languages Mandan...

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Interstate 194

a 1.2 mile spur route from I-94 south into downtown Mandan just west of Bismarck, the state capital. The southern terminus in Mandan is a junction with Business Loop 94, which crosses the Missouri...

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History of North Dakota

area by the time of settlement were the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sioux, and Chippewa. By the time European trade goods were making their way through native trade routes, the Mandan had developed a... explore the area. He visited the Mandan and was astounded by their level of development. Early 1800s Lewis...

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