Mandan Indians

The History of the Mandan Indians in North Dakota and the impact of the European invasion History 262 "A North Dakota winter" (Encarta 95)  Life on the plains is hard. The winters are long and so very cold. Few trees block the strong winds out of the mountainous west. The plains yield little to sustain a family. So we work, we grow food, we hunt, and we trade our surplus for goods brought by the nomadic tribes. …showed first 75 words of 3310 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3310 total…Indigenous Peoples' Literature, "The Buffalo Dance". Internet site "gwelker@mail.lmi.org", 1996. Secondary Sources Ronda James. Lewis and Clark Among the Indians. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London. 1984: pages 42-112 Encarta 95. Microsoft, Encyclopedia. cited pictures used with permission of Microsoft corp. Redmond Washington, 1994 Fort Berthold Community College Bulletin, "Reservation Background Information". Author Unknown. Internet site "northdakota.SurfBISNet.com" The Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas Volume II. American Indian Publishers, 1980: pages 219-223 & 438-441