Traditional Gardening and Foods
What are the three sisters of agriculture?
Corn, Beans, and Squash.
What is the largest organized religion in the world?
Christianity.
Who was the first tribal chairman?
Arthur Mandan.
What dance is most closely associated with elk teeth?
Women’s traditional.
The Sundance tradition is adopted from what original ceremonial practice?
The Mandan Okipa.
What famous Hidatsa woman gardener is the informant of Gilbert Wilson in his work, Hidatsa traditional gardening?
Buffalo Bird Woman.
Name a significant spiritual cultural figure of the Mandan, Hidatsa or Arikara?
An example of this would be Lone Man for the Hidatsa and Mandan.
Old Lady who Never Dies, Grandson, Long Arm, Spring Boy and Lodge Boy, Coyote Chief.
What year was the first tribal chairman instated?
1936.
What categories can a single Bussel be associated with?
Chicken or men’s traditional
*men’s fancy started as a single Bussell.
In what year were Native Americans allowed to practice their religion again with the passage of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act?
1978.
What is a natural fertilizer in traditional gardens?
Silt.
What is the central or primary religious practice of the Mandan called?
Okipa.
What was the reference given to the first tribal council?
Bidaga, it means 10.
What dance are “rockers” closely associated with?
Men’s fancy.
Spirits are always around us but when are they the most prevalent?
During birth and during death.
What type of garden is only planted by the men?
Tobacco.
What is the central or primary religious practice of the Hidatsa called?
Naxpike.
Who was the Arikara leader at Fish-hook in the 1860s who petitioned for the upholding of treaty rights?
White Shield.
What category is associated with butterflies?
Women’s fancy shawl.
What is the purpose of the Mandan Okipa?
The Okipa is the replaying of creation for four days: It is the calling back of the buffalo herds and praying for the gardens and continued prosperity of the villages. The young men of the village pray, fast, and give flesh in remembrance of Spring Boy.
What is a Naxu?
An Indian acre.
What is the central or primary religious practice of the Arikara called?
Mother Corn Ceremony.
Which Chairman had little choice but to travel to Washington, D.C. to sign the final agreement with the Department of Interior regarding the Garrison Dam?
Chairman George Gillette.
What category is the side-step associated with?
Women’s jingle.
Where do the ceremonial practices of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara come from?
All the major ceremonial practices of the three tribes come from important cultural figures that are discussed in our sacred stories.
What Mandan women’s society overlooked the gardens?
Goose Woman’s Society.
When you donate what is one of the things that the blankets represent that are being donated?
Key words are protection or healing.
Who was the first female tribal chairwomen and who also started her own segment?
Rosie Crow-Flies-High.
What is the reference given to the drum at flag raising?
Host Drum.
Where does the sweat lodge tradition originate among the Mandan and Hidatsa?
It comes from the narrative of Spring Boy and his cleansing at the hand of Coyote Chief and Charred Body. Or it comes from the eagle trapping narrative and was gifted to the Mandan from the Black Bears.