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The original native American tribes in what is now North Dakota qwere the [[Mandan]], [[Sioux]], Arikara, [[Chippewa]], [[Cheyenne]], Assiniboine, and Hidatsa. Today only the Sioux and Chippewa remain; they comprise about 4% of the population.
The original native American tribes in what is now North Dakota qwere the [[Mandan]], [[Sioux]], Arikara, [[Chippewa]], [[Cheyenne]], Assiniboine, and Hidatsa. Today only the Sioux and Chippewa remain; they comprise about 4% of the population.
Three out of four residents today are descended from German and Scandinavian pioneers who arrived 1880 to 1914. Many of the German speakers came from Russia, and are known as "Russian Germans." Religion is strong, especially in Lutheran and Catholic churches.
Three out of four residents today are descended from German and Norwegian pioneers who arrived 1880 to 1914. Many of the German speakers came from Russia, and are known as "Russian Germans." Religion is strong, especially in Lutheran and Catholic churches.
Norwegian folk came to North Dakota with a reputation for honesty, hospitality, and thrift; they soon acquired new traits involving good manners, a greater respect for women, more democratic ideas, and disregard for European class distinctions. "In Norway," one pioneer recalled, "we were in many respects a helpless tool in the hands of the state. There we had the state church. The child must be baptized or a fine must be paid." Ole Lima said that when his people came to America they became "a more wideawake people and more independent thinking. . . . The Norwegian, who has lived a while in America, is more civilized than if he had not been here. He has seen more, experienced more, thought more, and all this has opened his eyes and broadened his view."<ref> Quoted in Robinson (1966) p 548</ref>
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