By 2009, there was just one fluent speaker of Mandan, Dr. Edwin Benson (born 1931). Dr. Benson and others are teaching in local school programs to encourage the use of the language.
Hidatsa was initially thought to be closely related to the languages of the Hidatsa and the Crow tribes. However, since the Mandan language has been in contact with Hidatsa and Crow for many years, the exact relationship between Mandan and other Siouan languages (including Hidatsa and Crow) has been obscured and is currently undetermined. For this reason, Mandan is most often considered to be a separate branch of the Siouan family.
The Mandan historically lived along the banks of the Missouri River and two of its tributaries—the Heart and Knife Rivers—in present-day North and South Dakota. Speakers of Mandan, a Siouan language, developed a settled, agrarian culture. They established permanent villages featuring large, round, earth lodges, some 40 feet (12m) in diameter, surrounding a central plaza. While the bison was key to the daily life of the Mandan, they also farmed and actively traded goods with other Great Plains tribes.
Population
The Mandan population was 3,600 in the early 18th century. In 1836, there were over 1,600 fullblood Mandans, but this number was estimated to have dropped to 125 by 1838. In the 1990s, 6,000 people were enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes. In the 2010 Census, 1,171 people reported Mandan ancestry. 365 of them were full-bloods, and 806 had partial ancestry.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.13 square miles (28.83km2), of which, 11.03 square miles (28.57km2) is land and 0.10 square miles (0.26km2) is water.
Climate
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Mandan has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
Mandan served at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines until the Vietnam war when she was reassigned to Naval Support Activity Danang, South Vietnam. She earned campaign stars for Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V, Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI, and Tet/69 Counteroffensive. After that conflict's conclusion, Mandan returned to Subic Bay where she served out the rest of her career.
Stricken from the Navy List 5 January 2001, ex-Mandan was sunk during fleet training exercises, 27 April 2003.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.The entry can be found here.
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... southeast North Dakota, spills hazardous materials Constitution offensive language measure to go to North Dakota voters in 2024 OSHA fines Mandan construction business $500,000 for trench violations.
... southeast North Dakota, spills hazardous materials Constitution offensive language measure to go to North Dakota voters in 2024 OSHA fines Mandan construction business $500,000 for trench violations.
... southeast North Dakota, spills hazardous materials Constitution offensive language measure to go to North Dakota voters in 2024 OSHA fines Mandan construction business $500,000 for trench violations.
... southeast North Dakota, spills hazardous materials Constitution offensive language measure to go to North Dakota voters in 2024 OSHA fines Mandan construction business $500,000 for trench violations.
The Bismarck Tribune
27 Apr 2024
The Bismarck Tribune
27 Apr 2024