The Mandans

[Ptarmigan]

The Mandans were an Indian tribe that lived in the Midwest, present day western North Dakota. The Mandans were different from other Indian tribes when White explorers encoutered them. Instead of the red skin and black hair, the Mandans had blonde or red hair, blue eyes, and light skin. Some spoke Welsh. The Mandans gladly welcomed the White explorers. It is believed they came from a Welsh settlement in the Ohio River Valley, which was first established in the mid 14th century, about 300 years before the first White settlers came to America. Madoc a Welsh prince is though to have discovered America in 1170, more then 350 years before Christopher Columbus discovered America. It looks like Whites were in America for a much longer time, some say as far as 9,000 years with Kennewack Man, who is likely Ainu.

The Mandans
Madoc 1170
PBS-The Mandans

[EternalHope]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[SunkenCiv]

Womandanielle ping.

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[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[visualops]

Womandanielle ping

What does that mean?

[SunkenCiv]

man-dan, woman-danielle

[no crowd noise, just crickets chirping]

[Henchman]

The MANDANS are extinct as a tribe. They were decimated by the diseases brought by LEWIS and CLARK. We celebrate their journey this year ... but do Native Americans celebrate, even if Celts? I ran into a woman who is a Native American. She stated she was part MANDAN. The tribe was not totally wiped out but had to assimilate with other Native Americans, or perish entirely.

[Henchman]

Blam! Blam! Blam! - always wanted to do that just to see what happened.

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

The "banglist" people show up, for starters. ;')

[Henchman]

I am not going to go there!

[PoorMuttly]

"The "banglist" people show up, for starters. ;')"

Already here.

[blam]

These folks think Madoc came to America around 550-560AD.

(Prince) Madoc In America

Click on the above link - it's a good read.

[Fiddlstix]

The "banglist" people show up, for starters. ;')

Careful there. I'm a co-founder of the *Bang_List. J

(The *Bang_List was the first of all the bump lists. Sir Gawain started it all with a rather simple idea. Other bump lists followed later.)
J

[Drammach]

http://www.kodie.demon.co.uk/mandan6.htm

The western epidemic of 1837 broke the powerful Mandans and Hidatsa tribes, reducing the Mandans from 1,600 souls to 150. The remnants of the Mandan, the Hidatsa and Arikara tribes are now in Montana. They have made a comeback since the great smallpox epidemic and now number about 1,700 for all three tribes or less than one fifth their population at the height of their power.

[dd5339]

Mandan ping for you.

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