Lesson plans from this section cover the history and culture of the Hidatsa tribe. The Hidatsa tribe lived in what is now the Knife River Indian Villages NHS and the surrounding areas. The majority of these lessons can be found in the Knife River Indian Villages NHS Teacher's Guide for Grades K-8. It was prepared by members of the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation with intentions of providing educators a brief historical overview of change and continuity relative to these tribes. Sources include texts, manuscripts, and oral histories.
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 Discussion questions for the web article exploring the history of the Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Nation pre-1845. Discussion includes information about the early villages, early explorers, Sacagawea, oral history, education and societies, and tribal origins.  In Economy and Trade: Pre 1845, students will learn about trade relations between tribes prior to European contact and how their experience prepared them for success in dealing with explorers and traders after European contact by re-enacting trading as it was practiced at Knife River Villages.  Students will learn how the Treaty at Fort Laramie established a territory for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) and how that land base was reduced through the Allotment Act of 1887. They will also gain understanding about how the Garrison Dam impacted the lives of the Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT) and forced them to relocate to what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation.  Discussion questions and activities for the web article exploring the history of the Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Nation post-1845. Discussion centers around the resiliency of the MHA Nation and how they are reestablishing their cultural identity.  Discussion questions and activities for the web article exploring the health and nutrition of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes during village times and now. Lesson includes information about women and men's roles, plant watchers, processing and storing food, hunting and foraging, and subsistence today.  Students will learn how women shaped the lives and livelihoods of the tribes living at Knife River Indian Villages through agricultural practices and trade by reading and discussion, graphic organization utilizing the KWL (Know/Want to Know/Learned) model and through experiential learning.  Students will learn how men contributed to the dietary needs of the people living at Knife River Indian Villages through hunting, trapping, fishing and foraging through reading and discussion, graphic organization utilizing the KWL (Know/Want to Know/Learned model and through dramatization in song or skit writing.  Students will gain deeper understanding about earth lodge construction by visualizing life in a Hidatsa village through guided imagery and by viewing the building an earth lodge video. They will have an opportunity to design and build their own replica earth lodge.  Many arts and crafts of the Hidatsa served a utilitarian purpose such as parfleches, which were multipurpose cases made of rawhide, and burdon baskets that could carry large amounts of much needed items like vegetables. In this lesson, students will explore how burdon baskets and parfleches were made then construct, make and decorate a replica parfleche.  Hidatsas and Mandans made tools, housewares, clothing, toys, and musical instruments from things that were available nearby or sometimes farther off if the material was important in the production of the item. In this lesson, students will tell a story by designing a buffalo robe like people did during Knife River Village days and they will discuss and portray how people might describe the life-ways of today one hundred years from the present using their media of choice.
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