This National Park Service site is somewhat under-utilized, but well worth the diversion off I-94. I have taken college student groups here maybe a dozen times, always with good orientation and hospitality offered by NPS staff, and enthusiastic reactions elicited from the students. Here's my main message: take the hike out onto the village sites, which you can roam at... More

Knife River Indian Villages NHS marks the village where Sacagawea lived before she went with Lewis and Clark on their exciting journey. The visitor's center has many displays on how native americans lived years ago in this area of North Dakota. Right outside the center is a replica of an earthlodge, with a lot of the same artifacts you would... More

This gives a great display of the history of Fort Berthold and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. The staff are wonderful and willing to talk. Just imagining the people at the Big Hidatsa village before small pox gives great pause for thought. You really don't understand the history of the area until you have visited the villages. It is... More

My spouse and I love history and visiting historical places. We started in Washburn, N Dakota at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and then drove over to Stanton to see Knife River. This area was once one of the largest trading centers in North America. Learning more about the Hidatsa and Mandan people is great. The visitor center is... More

Knife River Indian Villages Historic Site is about an hour drive north of Bismarck, North Dakota, and well worth the trip. We drove through beautiful countryside, following the signs from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn to the Knife River Indian Villages near Stanton. The small visitors' center is chock full of fascinating exhibits, and the earth lodge... More