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Hidatsa

Hidatsa

1 9.9
A Native American person of a tribe who lived along the Missouri River in North Dakota
  • noun
  • /hɪˈdɑːtsə/
: hidatsa
  • During the 19th century, the Hidatsa formed alliances with other tribes to protect their land along the Missouri River.

Examples

  • The Hidatsa people have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional storytelling and pottery.

  • Museum curator Bella Weitzner organized and synthesized Wilson's field studies in "Notes on the Hidatsa Indians Based on Data Recorded by the Late Gilbert L. Wilson." In 1979, this was published in the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Many archaeologists study the Hidatsa to learn more about the historical lifestyles of Indigenous peoples in North Dakota.

Compounds

Hidatsa language
9.9

A Native American language the Hidatsa people speak in North Dakota

Surface Forms

Hidatsa singular
Hidatsas plural

Etymology

Hidatsa is the self-name of a Native American people, so a Hidatsa is a person from that group who once lived and farmed by the Missouri River. That's why we use Hidatsa to mean a member of that people today.