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Originally Posted by Looker

Next Gen are you Mandan??

The indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock. The Mandan were a sedentary tribe of the Plains area and were culturally connected with their neighbors on the Missouri River, the Arikara and the Hidatsa. The Mandan had certain distinctive cultural traits, which included a myth of origin in which their ancestors climbed from beneath the earth on the roots of a grapevine. According to tradition, at one time the Mandan lived to the east, but their movements in historic times were westward up the Missouri River. By the mid-18th cent., they lived in nine villages near the mouth of the Heart River in S central North Dakota. After having suffered severely from smallpox and the attacks of the Assiniboin and the Sioux, the Mandan moved farther up the Missouri River to a point opposite the Arikara villages. Here the Mandan survivors merged into two villages on opposite sides of the Knife River. They were visited (1804) by Lewis and Clark, who said that they numbered some 1,250. In 1837, after an epidemic of smallpox and cholera, the Mandan were reduced to some 150, all dwelling in a single village. When the Hidatsa moved (1845) from the Knife River region N to the Fort Berthold trading post, the few Mandan joined them. A large reservation was set aside (1870) for the Mandan, the Hidatsa, and the Arikara in North Dakota (Fort Berthold Reservation). See George Catlin, O-Kee-Pa, a Religious Ceremony, and Other Customs of the Mandans (1867, centennial ed. by J. C. Ewers, 1967).

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I am chippewa/Ojibwa

Ojibwa, North American tribe, of the Algonquian language family and of the Eastern Woodlands culture area.

Their extensive territory reached into southern Canada between Lake Huron and the Turtle Mountains in North Dakota.

According to Ojibwa tradition, the tribe originally emigrated from the region of the St. Lawrence River in the east, in company with the related Ottawa and Potawatomi. The three tribes separated at what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, the Ojibwa spreading west along both shores of Lake Superior, while the two other tribes went south.

The Ojibwa tribe was scattered over a vast area. It comprised a large number of bands divided into permanent clans. Originally, the clans were divided into five phratries, or groups, from which more than 20 clans developed. One of the clans claimed the hereditary chieftainship of the entire tribe; another claimed precedence in the councils of war.

The economy of the Ojibwa was based chiefly on hunting, fishing, farming, and the gathering of wild fruits and seeds, particularly the abundant wild rice; they also made sugar from maple syrup.

Their houses were built on pole frames in wigwam shape and were usually covered with birchbark. Birchbark sheets were also used for keeping simple pictographic records of tribal affairs.

Ojibwa mythology was elaborate; the chief religious and superstitious rites centered around the Medewiwin, or grand medicine society.

Although the Ojibwa were one of the largest North American tribes north of Mexico, they did not have extensive relations with the early European explorers and settlers. They became known to Europeans in the mid-17th century, when they were confined within a narrow area along the shore of Lake Superior by the incursions of the Sioux and Fox.

They acquired firearms from the French about 1690, drove off their enemies, and greatly expanded their territory. The Ojibwa supported the French against the English in the various wars fought in North America-King William's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, and the French and Indian War.

In the American Revolution and the War of 1812, they sided with the British against the Americans. In 1815 they joined with the other belligerent tribes in signing a treaty of peace with the U.S. government. Under the terms of subsequent treaties, they sold most of their territory.

In 1990 103,826 people in the United States claimed Ojibwa ancestry; most lived on reservations in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Montana.

"You can not destroy one who has dreamed a dream like mine."
("Gaa wiin daa-aangoshkigaazo ahaw enaabiyaan gaa-inaabid.")

Turtle Mountain
. It's a reservation and sadly like many they're all run down little towns filled with alcohol, poverty and suicide. A bunch of little indians running around with no fathers fighting all the time. Moms are @ home-drunks. It's a mess and they're all fucking kinda crazy. It's a good thing we moved.

dont know if it's in the blood or what but the likes of us are pretty aggressive fast,strong and very high tempered (live to fight) Marijuana helps kill the hostile.

Funny, I saw arikara I think there's a whole 500 of them. But I went to highschool one year with 3 arikara brothers. The smallest brother was a freshmen and was bigger than any teacher. they were so nice but knew they had the upperhand. :D

anyone play wow?? im getting it

dont get that shitty game! Its fun, untill u get to level 60 or so, then you realize that it takes an IMPOSSIBLE amount of teamwork to get anything accomplished, so the only thing to do is run around and harass low level characters. Instead, buy Guild Wars, where the max level is 20, and SKILL determines how much ass you whup, NOT if you have put 100+ hours into playing it.

Thats one game NOT dominated by pre-pubescent kiddies who say "pwned" and "haXXor"