The Mandan tribe is a Native American tribe located in North Dakota.The Mandan were known for their earth lodges, built over shallow pits, with a wooden, domed mound built over the top that was covered with dirt and grass.They are also an important part of history because Lewis and Clark spent their first winter with these people and met Sacagawea who helped guide them for the rest of their journey west . The women of the Mandan tribe tended their gardens prepared food and maintained lodges ,while the men spent their time hunting and protecting their family.
All Mandans lived in earth shaped domes called earth lodges,and each village will consist of 12 to 100 or more earth lodges. “The Mandan also made a variety of utilitarian and decorative …show more content…
“Sacred bundles represented some of the powers that could be obtained through participation in ceremonies. In the mid-1800s Father DeSmet, a Catholic priest, made regular visits to Like-a-Fishhook Village where he taught Christianity and baptized children. In 1876, a Congregational missionary established a permanent mission and school that attracted a number of converts. Today, Mandan participate in both Indian and non-Indian religions. The Mandan believed in First Creator who contested with Lone Man to make the region around the Missouri River. Lone Man traveled around, making tobacco and people and precipitating events that resulted in ceremonies. Other people came from above and below bringing other supernatural beings and ceremonies with them. Of these other sacred beings, Old Woman Who Never Dies, the Sun, the Moon, Black Medicine, and Sweet Medicine were most important”(Source …show more content…
Warm buffalo robes or cloaks or blankets were also worn to protect against the rain and the cold. The Mandan men wore beaded, straight-up feathered bonnets in a halo style decorated with eagle feathers and beadwork as a symbol of courage and accomplishments. They sometimes wore a long ornament worn at the back of the head made using sticks covered with eagle feathers and dyed porcupine quills. These were neatly fastened to the hair and reached down to the shoulders. They wore moccasins, a soft, light beige, slip-on shoe, consisting of a sole and sides made of one piece of leather.The women of the Mandan tribe were responsible for making the clothes worn by the people. Most garments were sewn from the soft, tanned skins of deer and buffalo hide. Mandan clothing was often decorated with paint, porcupine quills or beadwork. Mandan clothing for both men and women were adorned with ornaments, especially necklaces and earrings”(Source