Nickname: Peace Garden State, Flickertail State, Roughrider State
Origin of Name: From the Dakota or Sioux tribe, meaning "allies" or "friends".
North Dakota State:
North Dakota
Capital: Motto: Liberty and union, now and forever: one and inseparable North Dakota Beverage: Milk Bird: Dance: Fish: Flower: Fossil: Grass: Honorary Equine: Song: North Dakota Hymn Tree:
Things to Know
, twelve miles northeast of Grenora, is a large glacial
boulder covered with Indian pictographs.
The geographic center of North America is near the town of
One of North Dakota's nicknames is the Peace Garden State. This
nickname honors the
Dakota is most often called the Flickertail State, because of the
many
that are abundant in North Dakota.
Land regions. North Dakota has three major land regions: in the east
the flat
and the rolling drift prairie and in the
west the
.
North Dakota's top
(farming).
North Dakota is one of the largest producers of
in the nation.
Major rivers: James River, Missouri River,
Famous North Dakotans
(1784-1884?), Shoshone Indian woman who, with her husband
Toussaint Charbonneau, served as interpreter and guide for the Lewis
& Clark Expedition.
Missouri River Boats
A history of navigation on the Missouri River
from bullboats to steamboats. Download:
Sites to See
Alice Fletcher (1834-1923) was America's first woman anthropologist
and a pioneer in the study of Native American culture and society. In
1881 she traveled to the Dakota Territory where she lived with Sioux
women and recorded their way of life. Includes a photo gallery and a
few Sioux folktales. Read her diary online.
The National Park Service site.
Things To Do-Other Sites
Read about the North Dakota State
Quarter and print out the color page.
Sakakawea color & fact sheet
Moccasin Quillwork Color Page
Moccasin Beadwork Color Page
Plains Indian Parfleche
A rawhide carrying case decorated with geometric designs. This
two-page handout includes instructions on how to make a parfleche. parfleche.pdf
Chuckwagon Color Page: The Settlement Period: North Dakota 1870-1915
