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The Knife River, highlighted in a map of the watershed of the Missouri River. The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in North Dakota in the United States. [1] Knife is an English translation of the Native American name. [2] It rises in west central North Dakota, in the Killdeer Mountains in ...
Knife River Indian Villages: North Dakota: 1,751.00 acres (7.0860 km 2) Preserves the historic and archaeological remnants of bands of Hidatsa, Northern Plains Indians, in Stanton, North Dakota. Knife River was a major trading and agricultural area and the area was home to the villages of Awatixa Xi'e, Awatixa, and Big Hidatsa Village. [68 ...
Aerial view of the old Hidatsa village named Big Hidatsa at Knife River. Each depression shows the site of an earth lodge. Lack of timber and attacks by the Sioux forced the Hidatsa to build a new village at Like a Fishhook Bend. The village was founded eight years after a disastrous epidemic of smallpox in 1837.
Knife River Corporation is now among the largest sand and gravel producing companies in the U.S. In 2001, Knife River sold its remaining coal-mining interests. In 1997, MDU Resources started its utility services division, which over the years has expanded its construction services offerings and become the MDU Construction Services Group segment.
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Overview of Oregon river drainage basins. This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. This list of Oregon rivers is organized alphabetically and by tributary structure. The list may also include streams known as creeks, brooks, forks, branches and prongs, as well as sloughs and channels.
The Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is located in central North Dakota, at the confluence of the Knife River with the Missouri River.The village is located ½ mile north of present-day Stanton, North Dakota, 1 hour north west of Bismarck, and 1 ½ hours south west of Minot, North Dakota.
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