Exploring North Dakota's Heart River
About this episode
The episode explores the historical significance of the Heart River and its importance to the Mandan people.
It might come as a surprise, but an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Mandan lived in and around the confluence of the Heart River and Missouri River in the 16th century. And the Heart River, particularly the area around the confluence, represented the “hearth” of the world and was important to their creation story.
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