Mandan Indians.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jessamine Slaughter Burgum Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 586
Abstract
Letter, citation for the NDAC Outstanding Achievement Award, a typed copy of "Zi-win-ta, the Old Seeress of the Sioux," regarding an old Mandan village site, a handwritten reminiscence (22 leaves) concerning Fort Abraham Lincoln, Bismarck, N.D., and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and her obituary.
Dates:
1953, 1956-1962
Walter Dunning Powell Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 244
Abstract
Local businessman who moved to western North Dakota and was interested in archaeology and early history. He is credited with the discovery of a Mandan Indian Village near Menoken, N.D. that is believed to have been visited by La Verendrye in 1738.
Dates:
1901-1959.