Mandan
Missouri River people
Mandan refers to a Native American people historically centered along the Missouri River in present-day North Dakota, known for their fortified earth-lodge villages and agricultural practices.
The term also denotes their Siouan language, now critically endangered.
Lewis and Clark famously wintered with the Mandan in 1804–05.
The Mandan were skilled farmers who traded extensively with neighboring tribes.
History
Early 1800s expedition leaders
Culture
Large North American bovine
- Missouri RiverMajor central waterway
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- sunflowerTall daisy-family plant
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
PlainsTribes
Plains Indigenous nation
Language
At risk of extinction
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Lewis and Clark
Early 1800s expedition leaders
buffalo
Large North American bovine
- Missouri RiverMajor central waterway
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- sunflowerTall daisy-family plant
tobacco · ceremonial · clan · matrilineal
Sioux
Plains Indigenous nation
endangered
At risk of extinction
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- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
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