W. Raymond Wood is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has authored or edited numerous articles and books on western American history and archaeology, including Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.William J. Hunt, Jr., is Professor of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Randy H. Williams holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Far-reaching in scope, Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors documents this pivotal fort on the Missouri during the most prolific years of the fur trade - an era when the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, as well as other indigenous nations of the Northern Plains, shared the wealth of their land with the world. Generously illustrated, the book offers a real sense of the hardships and rigors of frontier life, not only for the fur traders but also for the Native peoples who thrived in an unforgiving environment. For archaeologists and historians alike, it is a chronicle whose time has come; all will find surprising details in this historical record."" Calvin Grinnell Historian, Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation

W. Raymond Wood is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has authored or edited numerous articles and books on western American history and archaeology, including Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.William J. Hunt, Jr., is Professor of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Randy H. Williams holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Far-reaching in scope, Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors documents this pivotal fort on the Missouri during the most prolific years of the fur trade - an era when the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, as well as other indigenous nations of the Northern Plains, shared the wealth of their land with the world. Generously illustrated, the book offers a real sense of the hardships and rigors of frontier life, not only for the fur traders but also for the Native peoples who thrived in an unforgiving environment. For archaeologists and historians alike, it is a chronicle whose time has come; all will find surprising details in this historical record."" Calvin Grinnell Historian, Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation

W. Raymond Wood is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has authored or edited numerous articles and books on western American history and archaeology, including Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.William J. Hunt, Jr., is Professor of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Randy H. Williams holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Far-reaching in scope, Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors documents this pivotal fort on the Missouri during the most prolific years of the fur trade - an era when the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, as well as other indigenous nations of the Northern Plains, shared the wealth of their land with the world. Generously illustrated, the book offers a real sense of the hardships and rigors of frontier life, not only for the fur traders but also for the Native peoples who thrived in an unforgiving environment. For archaeologists and historians alike, it is a chronicle whose time has come; all will find surprising details in this historical record."" Calvin Grinnell Historian, Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation