Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

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P.O. Box 9
Stanton, ND 58571

Earthlodge people hunted bison and other game, but were in essence farmers living in villages along the Missouri and its tributaries. The site was a major Native American trade center for hundreds of years prior to becoming an important market place for fur traders after 1750.

Directions

Plane: Closest Commercial Airports are Bismarck (60 miles) Minot (85 miles) Dickinson (102 miles). Hazen, ND (15 miles from site) has an airport for small planes. Car: One-half mile north of Stanton, ND on County Road 37. One hour northwest of Bismarck, ND and one and a half hours southwest of Minot, ND. Public Transportation Charter and tour bus parking available at Visitor Center parking lot.

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Watch for a matching campsite across monitored campgrounds in Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

Nearby Parks

Sakakawea Lake

10.6 miles away

Audubon National Wildlife Refuge

16.5 miles away

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