So often when we think of Native Americans who lived in the American Old West, we see pictures of tipis, bison, and soldiers in forts. What we’ve been learning, and...

Fort Abraham Lincoln outside of Bismark/Mandan is the location of the Slant tribe of the Mandan who lived here hundreds of years ago. Smallpox hit this village, and so many...

As well as showing us a replica of Fort Mandan that the Corps of Discovery had built for their 5-month winter stay close to the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes and...

While walking through the interpretive center, we learned so much about the Lewis & Clark expedition and how they made it through the winter, as well as learned about the...

Toward the end of October, the expedition reached the Mandan and Hidatsa earthlodge villages near where we are today. The Mandan people lived along the Missouri River, and the Hidatsa...