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12 Facts About Hidatsa

1.

The present name Hidatsa was formerly borne by one of the three tribal villages.

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2.

The nomadic Gros Ventre were called Minnetarees of Fort de Prairie, Minnetarees of the Prairie, Minnetarees of the Plains or Gros Ventres of the Prairie while the semisedentary Hidatsa were known as Minnetarees of the Missouri or Gros Ventres of the Missouri.

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3.

The Hidatsa hunted upstream from the earthlodge villages at and below the Knife River.

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4.

Hidatsa played a central role in the Great Plains Indian trading networks based on an advantageous geographical position combined with a surplus from agriculture and craft.

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5.

Historical sources show that the Hidatsa villages were visited by Cree, Assiniboine, Crow, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Plains Apache and Comanche.

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6.

In 1800, a group of Hidatsa abducted Sacagawea and several other girls in a battle that resulted in death among the Shoshone of four men, four women and several boys.

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7.

Hidatsa was taken as a captive to a Hidatsa village near present-day Washburn, North Dakota.

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8.

Hidatsa was followed by Karl Bodmer, a Swiss painter accompanying German explorer Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied on a Missouri River expedition from 1832 to 1834.

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9.

Hidatsa tribe was one party in the Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851.

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10.

Hidatsa left an account as well as sketches of the village tribes.

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11.

Hidatsa are a matrilineal people, with descent determined through the maternal line.

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12.

Hidatsa interviewed members of her immediate family at Fort Berthold.

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