21. Conversations in Hidatsa primarily take place between elders in the privacy of the home. 22. Living at Fort Mandan, Charbonneau won Sacajawea in a wager with Hidatsa warriors. 23. The Mandan and Hidatsa were not involved. 24. Most members of the tribe have varying amounts of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara ancestry. 25. Frances Densmore recorded a number of ceremonial and personal songs of the Hidatsas before 1920. 26. At some point during this time, the Hidatsa people also moved into the region. 27. The Mandan and Hidatsa were joined by the Arikara shortly after the village was constructed. 28. We do not believe it is a Minnetaree ( Hidatsa ) word for her name. 29. It is spoken by the Hidatsa tribe, primarily in North Dakota and South Dakota. 30. Hidatsa has five vowels and two diphthongs.
