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=== History === | === History === | ||
The Hidatsa originally lived the Devil's Lake area of North Dakota. As they migrated west, the Hidatsa met the [[ | The Hidatsa originally lived the Devil's Lake area of North Dakota. As they migrated west, the Hidatsa met the [[Mandan Indians|Mandan]] at the mouth of the Heart River. The two groups formed an friendly alliance, and settled along the rivers of the area. | ||
The first recorded contact with non-Indians occurred in 1804, when Lewis and Clark found the Hidatsa living in three villages at the mouth of the Knife River. Two villages of the [[Mandan Indians|Mandans]] were located a few miles down the Missouri River. | The first recorded contact with non-Indians occurred in 1804, when Lewis and Clark found the Hidatsa living in three villages at the mouth of the Knife River. Two villages of the [[Mandan Indians|Mandans]] were located a few miles down the Missouri River. | ||
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Two artists of the American west visited the Hidatsa and Mandan and painted scenes of their life -- George Catlin in 1832, and Karl Bodmer, a Swiss painter accompanying German explorer Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 to 1834. | Two artists of the American west visited the Hidatsa and Mandan and painted scenes of their life -- George Catlin in 1832, and Karl Bodmer, a Swiss painter accompanying German explorer Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 to 1834. | ||
A smallpox epidemic in 1837-1838 reduced the Hidatsa population to about 500 people. The remaining Mandan and Hidatsa united, and moved farther up the Missouri in 1845. They eventually settled at "Like-a-fishhook" bend near Fort Berthold. The [[ | A smallpox epidemic in 1837-1838 reduced the Hidatsa population to about 500 people. The remaining Mandan and Hidatsa united, and moved farther up the Missouri in 1845. They eventually settled at "Like-a-fishhook" bend near Fort Berthold. The [[Arikara Indians|Arikara]] joined them there in 1862. | ||
The Hidatsa signed two treaties with the United States government -- the 1851 treaty at Laramie (Wyoming), which they signed as [[Grosventre Indians|Grosventres]], and the unratified 1866 Treaty of Fort Berthold (see links to copies of the treaties under Records below)<ref>Frederick Webb Hodge. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'']. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906.</ref>. | The Hidatsa signed two treaties with the United States government -- the 1851 treaty at Laramie (Wyoming), which they signed as [[Grosventre Indians|Grosventres]], and the unratified 1866 Treaty of Fort Berthold (see links to copies of the treaties under Records below)<ref>Frederick Webb Hodge. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'']. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906.</ref>. | ||
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The tribe was allotted land in 1888 under the General Allotment Act, and Like-A-Fishhook Village was abandoned. | The tribe was allotted land in 1888 under the General Allotment Act, and Like-A-Fishhook Village was abandoned. | ||
Under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Tribes merged and incorporated under their constitution and bylaws as the [[ | Under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Tribes merged and incorporated under their constitution and bylaws as the [[Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota|Three Affiliated Tribes]] of the Fort Berthold Reservation<ref>[http://lib.fbcc.bia.edu/FortBerthold/TATbylaws.asp By-Laws] of the Three Affiliated Tribes.</ref>. | ||
==== Brief Timeline ==== | ==== Brief Timeline ==== | ||