Minitari

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Minitari is another name for the Hidatsa, a Native American people historically living along the upper Missouri River in what is now North Dakota.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
ethnic group
affectedBy 19th-century U.S. expansion
smallpox epidemics
alliedWith Arikara NERFINISHED
Mandan NERFINISHED
alternateName Hidatsa NERFINISHED
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Northern Plains NERFINISHED
ethnographicRegion Plains Indians NERFINISHED
ethnonymMeaning often glossed as “willows” or “people of the willows” (approximate)
federalRecognition federally recognized tribe (via Three Affiliated Tribes)
hasClanSystem yes
historicalTerritory Knife River Indian Villages area NERFINISHED
inConflictWith Assiniboine NERFINISHED
Crow
Lakota NERFINISHED
languageFamily Siouan languages NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Hidatsa language NERFINISHED
locatedInThePast Upper Missouri River region NERFINISHED
present-day North Dakota NERFINISHED
modernAffiliation Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation NERFINISHED
Three Affiliated Tribes NERFINISHED
nativeName Hiraacá NERFINISHED
notableArchaeologicalSite Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site NERFINISHED
religion traditional Plains Indigenous spirituality
reservation Fort Berthold Indian Reservation NERFINISHED
riverAssociation Knife River NERFINISHED
Missouri River NERFINISHED
sharesVillageComplexWith Arikara NERFINISHED
Mandan NERFINISHED
socialOrganization matrilineal clans
stateRecognizedIn North Dakota NERFINISHED
timeOfMajorEuropeanContact early 19th century
traditionalCrops beans
maize
squash
sunflowers
traditionalEconomy trade along Missouri River
traditionalHousing earth lodge
traditionalSettlementType permanent earth-lodge villages
traditionalSubsistence bison hunting
fishing
gathering wild plants
horticulture
visitedBy Lewis and Clark Expedition NERFINISHED

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Hidatsa people alsoKnownAs Minitari