Mandan's dream of two buildings was reduced to one. Still, no one was ready to give up the earth lodge where the community could pray as one to the Creator.

The earth lodges of the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians had to be warm when compared to Fort Mandan, where the corps wintered. Heating with split cottonwood or dried buffalo chips had to be a challenge.

Construction on a traditional earth lodge will tentatively begin Monday on a site near the Great Platte River Road Archway. The 60-foot diameter lodge will be built using the methods Plains ...

The new earth lodge at United Tribes Technical College will be a resource for people on campus and potentially for K-12 students' Native American studies.

More than a hundred people gathered under a big-top tent to hear Gerard Baker, a cultural leader of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, speak of the societal significance of Knife River ...

In March 2010, members of the Pawnee, Mandan, Hidatsa and Ankara Nations and representatives from other tribes began construction of the lodge. Tribe members worked for 13 days building the 54 ...

Archway officials will consult with the earth lodge’s original builders, members of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, on the repair work. The Archway will also take the opportunity to ...

MANDAN, N.D.-- A massive construction project is underway to stop erosion at an early Mandan Indian village, where hundreds of burial sites are at risk.Contractors with backhoes and earth movers ...

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - The earth lodges at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park are under attack by a pesky insect called powder post beetles. Tracy Potter, executive director of the Fort Abraham Lincoln ...

Members of the Pawnee, Mandan, Hidatsa and Ankara Nations and representatives from other tribes began construction of the lodge. The earth lodge remains open.

Construction on a traditional earth lodge will tentatively begin Monday on a site near the Great Platte River Road Archway. The 60-foot diameter lodge will be built using the methods Plains ...