Mandan Tribe



Ancestral Homeland: Missouri River near North Dakota, Northwest United States

Brief Timeline

 * 1738: First contact was with the French explorer Sieur de la Verendrye
 * 1804-05: Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered with the Mandan tribe
 * 1825: Treaty
 * 1833-34: Karl Bodmer, traveling with German Prince Maximilian zu Wied, painted portraits of the Mandan
 * 1837: Smallpox epidemic - estimated 1,600 died. Only 125 survived, these 125 joined the Hidatsa Tribe and settled on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota
 * 1845: merge wtih the Hidatsa at Like-A-Fishhook Village near to Fort Berthold
 * 1851: Treaty
 * 1866: Treaty
 * 1870: Fort Berthold agency and reservation established for the tribes of: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. The Three Affiliated Tribes are the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara.
 * 1888: Like-A-Fishhook Village is abandoned
 * 1951-1954: The Tribe is relocated for construction of Garrison Dam and reservoir

Reservations
The Mandan Tribe is primarily associated with the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

 * Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Mandan tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.
 * A history of the Mandan Indians is also included in a Bowen Family history web page, including letters written by George Catlin regarding their history and culture.

Tribal Headquarters
Three Affiliated Tribes 404 Frontage Road New Town, ND 58763 Phone: 701.627.4781 Fax: 701.627.3503

Records
Agencies


 * Upper Missouri Agency
 * Fort Berthold Agency

Correspondence and Census

Treaties

 * 1825
 * 1851 Fort Laramie with Sioux Etc.,
 * 1866 at Fort Berthold

Important Web Sites

 * MHA Nation-Three Affiliated Tribes Website
 * Mandan Indians Wikipedia
 * By-Laws of the Three Affiliated Tribes