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Elbowoods
By 1888, Like-a-Fishhook Village was practically deserted as
people were encouraged to establish communities on other parts
of the reservation. Some of the people moved twenty miles
up river where they established the new community of Elbowoods.
A few elders refused to move and they remained at the Fishhook
village. Again the government took land from the Mandan,
Hidatsa, and Sahnish tribes. It was declared that the
"Indians are desirous of disposing of a portion thereof
in order to obtain the means necessary to enable them to become
wholly self-supporting by the cultivation of the soil and other
pursuits of husbandry.” (From Indian Affairs, Laws and
Treaties).
The agency of Elbowoods was located on the east-side of the
Missouri, so most people moved to the west-side of the river,
away from the agent. Many people settled in small communities
near the river, where they had previously wintered or hunted.
They situated themselves near a steep, sloped hill with a flat
top, on the west bank of the Missouri, and on the east-side
of the river. The Elbowoods agency later included a boarding
school, hospital, agency headquarters, and a jail.
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