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Knife River National Historic Site one of eight musts when visiting North Dakota

Xerxes2004   Near the center of the state near the town of Stanton and an hour northwest of capital Bismarck, this 1,758-acre archaeological site includes the remains of three villages of the historical Hidatsa tribal people, related to the Crow, dating back to around 1600 and occupied for nearly 240 years; the most famous resident was Sakakawea (Sacagawea), famed for assisting the Lewis and Clark Expedition (she was actually a Shoshone captive being held here). The “earth lodges” here reached…

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Getting to know the USA'st original tribal peoples

AleksandarNikic As most of us know, today is Columbus Day in the United States and other countries, and Indigenous People's Day in much of Latin America, marking the 528th anniversary of the Christopher Columbus expedition's first landing in the Americas (actually 12 October), on the coast of Hispaniola, the Caribbean island home to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Of course, many of the Amerindian tribes that were already living here when the Spaniards arrived are still part of the…

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They were here before...

Most history text book begin with the arrival of the Europeans on the American soil. Actually, millions of people were here before! Enjoy this one-day tour of Santa Fe to discover what was going on before the Spanish set foot on this beautiful land. "In the Beginning there was Kuapogi" is about history from a Native perspective. http://www.sevendirections.net/english/2010featured/kaupogi.html

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  • Seven Directions|Cultural and Su February 2, 2012 at 6:45am

    Among the many sites and Pueblo villages what is particularly touching is seeing petroglyphs or pictographs on rocks in daraway places. Some are gigantic and stunning and make you wonder about the civilization that did them

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