Mandan

I have read some new infotmation about tribe Mandan. And I want to share this information with you.

Portrait of Sha-kó-ka, a Mandan girl,

by George Catlin, 1832

                                                            

The Mandan are a Native American people living in North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. About half of the Mandan still reside in the area of the reservation; the rest reside around the United States and in Canada.

The history of treib Mandan tells, that  the Mandan  lived along the banks of the Missouri River and two of its tributaries—the Heart and Knife Rivers—in present-day North and South Dakota. Speakers of Mandan, a Siouan language, the people developed a settled culture in contrast to that of more nomadic tribes in the Great Plains region. 

The Mandan were originally divided into thirteen clans, which were reduced to four by 1950.Clans organized around successful hunters and their kin. Each clan was expected to care for its own, including orphans and the elderly, from birth to death. 

Children were named ten days after their birth in a naming ceremony, which also officially linked the child with its family and clan. Girls would be taught domestic duties, farming, and how to keep a home. Boys were taught hunting and fishing, and would begin fasting for religious visions at the age of ten or eleven. Marriage among the Mandan was generally arranged by members of one's own clan, especially uncles; although, occasionally it would take place without the approval of the couple's parents. Divorce could be easily obtained.

The Mandan survived by hunting, farming and gathering wild plants, though some food came from trade. Hunting the buffalo was a critical part of Mandan survival and rituals.

Up until the late 19th century, when Mandan people began adopting Western-style dress, they commonly wore clothing made from the hides of buffalo, as well as deer and sheep.Mandan women wore ankle-length dresses made of deerskin or sheepskin. This would often be girded at the waist with a wide belt. Sometimes the hem of the dress would be ornamented with pieces of buffalo hoof.

                                                                                     

             

   

Read more information here: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/mandan/mandanhist.htm

                              

or here: 
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/man.html ;

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowen/mandans.html ;

about Mandan's language you can read hear: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandan_language