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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The Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College on the Fort Berthold reservation offers Great Plains horsemanship as a tract in its two-year equine studies program, the only such program at a tribal college or university.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
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
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
Carla Fredericks, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara, is chief executive officer of The Christensen Fund, a $300 million foundation.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 23, 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
The Hidatsas have a story of this bird that it was once acting as a spy in enemy country.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)
The Mandans, Hidatsas and Arikaras were three nations allied together for mutual protection against the encroachments of their common enemies who pressed upon them from all sides.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)
They are now settled with the Hidatsas and the Mandans on the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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