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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Enter a reconstructed earthlodge and walk prairie trails past the lodge depressions of Hidatsa villages on the Knife River.

County Road 37, half a mile north of Stanton · Stanton, ND

About Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Half a mile north of Stanton, this site preserves the remains of Hidatsa villages that were a major trading and farming center for hundreds of years. Circular depressions still mark where earthlodges stood, some as large as 40 feet across. You can go inside a reconstructed earthlodge, watch a film and tour the museum, then walk the Village Trail to the Awatixa site, where Sakakawea lived. No entrance pass is required.

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