Ranger Sarah looks at the Knife River that was so important to the villages here and the Hidatsa culture.
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns the importance of the river to the Awatixa Village and the Hidatsa culture. Read the description https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=162271
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah looks down at two geese enjoying the Knife River. You can no longer hike the trail as a loop as the Knife River is eroding the trail.
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah looks at the Earthlodge depressions that remain at the Awatixa Village site.
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns that the Knife River is slowly erasing the Awatixa Village. In 1798, explorer-trader David Thompson estimated fifty-two earthlodges here. By 1990 only thirty-one earthlodge depressions remained. The the full description at https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=162270
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah looks down at the river where the Hidatsa fished on the Knife River. From catfish spines and fish scales found in middens, we know what the villages caught catfish, goldeneye, and suckers.
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns that the Hidatsa fished. The villagers used bone fishhooks at first, but metal hooks began to appear after the 1790s - a result of trade with Europeans. Read the sign at https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=162273
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah continues her hike down the River Villages Trail to the next site.
— at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

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