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Knife River

American  

noun

  1. a river in W central North Dakota, flowing E to the Missouri River. 165 miles (265 km) long.


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In the Monday filing, Corvex called the plan to spin off Knife River a “positive first step.”

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2022

The fungus was found about a year ago on a live bat at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site near Stanton.

From Washington Times • May 20, 2020

A large party of the Crows, the Rocky Mountain Indians of the journal, came to the Hidatsa villages on Knife River.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

During the early years of the last century their one village stood at the mouth of Knife River.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

About the year 1845 many Hidatsa removed from the vicinity of Knife River and reared a new village not far from Fort Berthold, some 60 miles up the Missouri from old Fort Clark.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives