“A heart in the middle of Bismarck-Mandan, beating with the cadence of the Mandaree Singers. An older city within cities. Not a sister city. Not that, something else, perhaps a great matriarch.” That was the manner in which Ken Rogers described Chief Looking’s Village in 2003. The site had beenRead More →
Dustin WhiteEditor Two hundred years before the United States would be formed, families from three villages decided to come together to build a fortified village. The purpose of the new village was twofold. First, it provided defense, as it was protected largely by natural formations. Second, it provided access toRead More →
Dustin WhiteEditor On the west bank of the Missouri, just north of Huff, a butte cuts into the landscape. Causing the road to swerve, many have taken in the beauty of the Eagle Nose Butte. Traveling along the highway, it is easy to pass it by without much thought. ItRead More →
Dustin WhiteEditor At one time, legend holds, the Mandan people lived underground. As time passed, four chiefs, headed by Good Furred Robe, obtained leadership. Climbing up a vine, they entered this world through an opening in the surface. It was here that Good Furred Robe laid out their first village,Read More →
Dustin WhiteEditor In 1883, the Mandan Pioneer printed a story about the discovery of two vast prehistoric cemeteries, where giants were said to have been buried. It didn’t take long for the story to spread throughout the country, reaching well respected publications such as the Scientific American. Labeled “A CityRead More →
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