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Mandan
Sign in to saveThe Mandan () are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains who have lived for centuries primarily in what is now North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. About half of the Mandan still reside in the area of the reservation; the rest reside around the United States and in Canada.
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- Mandan
- Ethnic group.image
- Sha-kó-ka, Mint SAAM-1985.66.134 1.jpg
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- Portrait of Sha-kó-ka, a Mandan girl,by George Catlin, 1832
- Ethnic group.population
- 1,171 (2010)
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- ()
- Ethnic group.langs
- EnglishHidatsa formerly Mandan
- Ethnic group.related
- Hidatsa, Arikara
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- Sha-kó-ka, Mint, a Pretty Girl.jpg
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24 sectionsContents
- Population
- Etymology
- Language
- History
- Origins and early history
- European encounter
- Speculation about pre-Columbian European contact
- Intertribal warfare 1785-1845
- Smallpox epidemic of 1837–38
- Late-19th and 20th centuries
- 20th century to present
- Culture
- Lodges and villages
- Family life
- Mandan economy
- Dress
- Religion
- Present day
- Image gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Language
- External links
The Mandan () are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains who have lived for centuries primarily in what is now North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. About half of the Mandan still reside in the area of the reservation; the rest reside around the United States and in Canada.
The Mandan historically lived along both banks of the Upper 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, they developed a settled, agrarian culture. They established permanent villages featuring large, round, earth lodges, some in diameter, surrounding a central plaza. Matrilineal families lived in the lodges. The Mandan were a great trading nation, trading especially their large corn surpluses with other tribes in exchange for bison meat and fat. Food was the primary item, but they also traded for horses, guns, and other trade goods.