https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96 Mandans before European arrival en-us 2016-09-27 13:06:46 UTC 2016-09-29 13:21:58 UTC hello@padlet.com ziqi_shen https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126643707 The Mandan survived by hunting, farming and gathering wild plants, though some food came from trade. They grew a variety of crops to include beans, squash, sunflowers, and tobacco, with corn being the main vegetable. 

]]> 2016-09-27 13:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126643707 ziqi_shen https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126647248 They originated on the Missouri River. The Mandan were closely affiliated with the Hidatsa and maintained trade relations with many other tribes of the northern plains.

]]> 2016-09-27 13:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126647248 ziqi_shen https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126650987 Mandan society was divided into thirteen clans, but by early historic times, only four were still functioning. The Mandan used a Crow-type kinship terminology.

]]> 2016-09-27 13:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126650987 ziqi_shen https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126654782 Aboriginal Mandan religion centered around a belief in supernatural powers that were shared by all living things. The Mandan believed in First Creator who contested with Lone Man to make the region around the Missouri River.

]]> 2016-09-27 13:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126654782 ziqi_shen https://padlet.com/ziqi_shen/3wc5vz5w7k96/wish/126708489 An integral part of the trade system was the middlemen who operated between the various trade centers.The trade systems were maintained through a variety of sustaining mechanisms, including the calumet ceremony, redundancy trading, and sign language.
 The Mandan traded fur with other tribes. 

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