North Dakota Indian Tribes
Certain traditions indicate that
the Arapaho at one time lived in the Red River Valley in what is now Minnesota
and North Dakota, but they had left before the historic period. (See
Wyoming.)
Signifying "horns," or "elk," and
having reference to their ancient manner of wearing the hair with two pieces of
bone standing up, one on each side of the crest; -ra is the plural suffix. See
Arikara Location
In early days the Assiniboin were constantly coming across from Canada to
fight and trade with the tribes of the upper Missouri, but they did not
settle within the limits of North Dakota for any considerable period. (See
Montana, and also Dakota under
South Dakota.)
When they left Minnesota the
Cheyenne settled for a while on the Sheyenne fork of Red River after which they
moved beyond the limits of the State of North Dakota. (See
South
Dakota.)
After they had obtained guns the
Chippewa pushed westward as far as the Turtle Mountains which gave their name to
a Chippewa band. There were 2,966 Chippewa in North Dakota in 1910. (See
Minnesota.)
While working their way west from
Minnesota, bands of Dakota occupied at various times parts of the eastern,
southern, and southwestern margins of North Dakota and a part of the Standing
Rock Agency is within the limits of the State. In 1910 1,190 Dakota were making
their homes on its soil. (See
South Dakota.)
Derived from the name of a former
village and said, on somewhat doubtful authority, to
signify "willows." See
Hidatsa
Location
Probably
a corruption of the Dakota word applied to them,
Mawatani. See
Mandan Location
Additional Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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