Earthlodge people hunted bison and other game, but were in essence farmers living in villages along the Missouri and its tributaries. The site was a major Native American trade center for hundreds of years prior to becoming an important market place for fur traders after 1750.
What you’ll hear
10 places to explore in this park.
- An Earthlodge (Awa-adi)
- A New Village - Awatixa or Sakakawea Village
- Awatixa Xi'e Village (Lower Hidatsa)
- Garden and Drying Stage
- Geology of the Area
- Knife River Earthlodge
- Knife River Villages
- Northern Plains National Heritage Area
- Smallpox Arrived at the Little Village.
- What Happened to the Earthlodge Builders?
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