is for Arikara.

The Arikara are one of the tribes associated with the Three Affiliated Tribes.

is for bison.

American Indians hunted bison and used their body for a variety of uses.

is for culture.

Culture is the way of life. The native Americans had a very different way of life than we do today.

is for descendants.

Descendants are the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the Paleo-Indians. These people were now called Archaic people, meaning belonging to an earlier time.

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is for earthlodge.

The earthlodge was a dome-shaped home made of logs and covered with willow branches, grass, and earth.

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is for flint.

Flint is a hard stone that was mined by people. Flint was made into spears to be used by hunters and for trade.

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is for Garrison Dam.

The Garrison Dam was built to block the flow of water to keep places downstream from flooding.

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is for Hidatsa.

The Hidatsa people are much like the Mandan people. They lived very similar lifestyles and right across the river from each other.

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is for immunity.

When the Europeans came to North American they brought many diseases that had not yet been exposed over here. Therefore, there was no natural immunity to these diseases.

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is for Josephine Gates Kelly.

Josephine was the first woman from Standing Rock to graduate from Carlisle Indian School. She was determined to make a difference.

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is for Knife River.

Knife River is where people would mine flint.

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is for Lakota Sioux.

The Lakota Sioux were made up of seven major tribes. This makes up the largest group of The Great Dakota Nation both by quantity and physically.

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is for Mandan.

Mandan were the first Plains Village group to become a modern Indian Tribe. They are also apart of the Three Affiliated Tribes.

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is for nomadic.

Nomadic means wandering. Tribes would follow herds of game animals and gathering plants for food.

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is for Ovate Tribe.

Oyate Tribe is also known as the Sisston-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. This is not considered a North Dakota Tribe.

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is for Plains Village people.

These people were descendants of the Woodland people. They raised crops and lived in permanent homes.

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