1997 floods in the Red River of the North and Missouri River basins in North Dakota and western Minnesota

In 1938, a seemingly unusual type of side-bladed knife with its stone blade in place was excavated at the Old Fort Abraham Lincoln Mandan village, across the Missouri River from Bismarck, North Dakota. This specimen, now in the collections of the North Dakota Historical Society, was found in an ash-filled storage pit at a depth of 90 cm. The same pit also contained two other side-bladed knife handles of bone and three ovoid stone knife blades, as well as other artifacts, some indicating European contact. The Old Fort Abraham Lincoln village is of protohistoric age and was occupied by the Mandan prior to 1800. The general characteristics of the site and the excavations in question have been outlined elsewhere. The present specimen (Fig. 6, left) is distinctive in that the lanceolate blade of Knife River flint is so inserted that one corner of the butt serves as the cutting corner or point of the knife.

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The Southern Cult in the Northern Plains

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/276911 ◽

1953 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 130-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

James H. Howard

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Dakota ◽

North Dakota ◽

Southeastern United States ◽

Missouri River ◽

Geographic Area ◽

Northern Plains ◽

The North ◽

Platform Mounds ◽

River Valleys

Recently renewed interest has been focused upon the occurrence in the Plains area of the archaeological complex often termed the “Southern cult.” This complex is found over a wide geographic area and in association with varied cultures. It occurs throughout the southeastern United States, and extends north and west along the Mississippi and Missouri River valleys. It has been found in eastern South Dakota, eastern North Dakota, and in the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada. The complex is characterized by specific art motifs and ceremonial objects, including masklike whelk shell gorgets, and the cross, forkedeye, and hand-and-eye motifs. The complex was apparently fundamentally dependent upon a horticultural base, and is associated in nearly every case with platform mounds. Sites often thought of in connection with the Southern cult are Etowah (Georgia), Moundville (Alabama), and Spiro (Oklahoma). The author has recently examined materials in the collections of the North Dakota State Historical Museum for artifacts related to the complex.

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Characteristics of active local water management districts in the Red River Basin

Water Policy ◽

10.2166/wp.2010.145 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 898-912 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert R. Hearne ◽

Craig C. Kritsky

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

North Dakota ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Flood Control ◽

Red River ◽

New Ways Of Working ◽

The North ◽

Red River Basin ◽

Dramatic Difference ◽

Local Water

As new demands for water management emerge, water managers need to evolve and accept new roles and new ways of working. Local water management districts with traditional water quantity roles need to adopt new activities and new ways of working in order to support basin-wide water quality and flood control initiatives. This paper presents an empirical analysis of the adoption of twenty-two activities and strategies by local water management districts in the Red River of the North basin in Minnesota and North Dakota. A variety of explanatory characteristics of districts and district boards are assessed. Empirical analysis does not demonstrate a dramatic difference between Minnesota districts and those in North Dakota, nor a remarkable difference between upstream and downstream districts. Board member characteristics have significant influence on local water management district activities and institutional arrangements.

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