Hidatsa
Americannoun
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a member of a Siouan people dwelling on the Missouri River.
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the Siouan language of the Hidatsa tribe.
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A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.
From Scientific American • Nov. 14, 2023
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation announced the deal Friday but didn’t disclose how much it paid.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023
Additional research showed that flaring rates on Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation lands atop the oil-rich Bakken formation were extremely high compared to public and tribal lands outside of North Dakota.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2023
Devon Headdress, a senior who is Hidatsa and wants to become a doctor, said he initially felt a deep anger and struggled to focus in class after he heard the news.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022
“There are our friends the Arapaho and the Cheyenne. Our enemies, too, the Crow. Then the Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. Our relatives the Dakota and the Nakota are here, too.”
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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