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
Mandan
alternateName Hidatsa
linked to: Hidatsa people
continent North America
country United States
culturalRegion Northern Plains
linked to: Great Plains
ethnographicRegion Plains Indians
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
inConflictWith Assiniboine
Crow
Lakota
languageFamily Siouan languages
languageSpoken Hidatsa language
locatedInThePast Upper Missouri River region
present-day North Dakota
modernAffiliation Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation
Three Affiliated Tribes
nativeName Hiraacá
notableArchaeologicalSite Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
religion traditional Plains Indigenous spirituality
reservation Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
riverAssociation Knife River
Missouri River
sharesVillageComplexWith Arikara
Mandan
socialOrganization matrilineal clans
stateRecognizedIn North Dakota
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

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Hidatsa people alsoKnownAs Minitari