Mitutanka (Matootonah) was the lower

Mandan The Mandan are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains who have lived for centuries primarily in what is now North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. About half of the Mandan still re ...

village at the time of the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gr ...

. At the time that Lewis and Clark visited the main chief was Sheheke After a catastrophic smallpox epidemic, the Nuitadi Mandans of Good Boy moved north and later built Mitutanka at the confluence of the Knife River with the Missouri River.Elizabeth Fenn: Encounters at the Heart of the World: a History of the Mandan People Mitutanka was on the west Bank while the Ruptare town of Ruptare was on the east bank of the Missouri.

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