Welcome to NDStudies.org
The North Dakota Studies regional website offers resources on the people, places, events, and fascinating history of North Dakota and the region for teachers, students, and lifelong learners. A collaboration of the North Dakota Humanities Council (NDHC), the North Dakota Center for Distance Education, and the North Central Council for School Television in partnership with Prairie Public, the site provides teaching resources not only for fourth grade, eighth grade, and high school North Dakota Studies classes but also for cross-curricular applications for K-12 classrooms across the region. In addition, you will find photographs, maps, and other primary documents, well-researched and authoritative articles, as well as audio and video clips on the history, culture, and life of the region.
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This Week's Feature
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Burr speaks of her experiences with Ojibwa Issues and Native View programs and about Harriet Skye’s KFYR radio show Indian Country.The portrayal of Indians in film and television is discussed by Frank Blythe, director, Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, Inc., Joyce Burr, producer of Native View, and Logan Davis, former news director of KEYA, the Turtle Mountain Chippewa-owned radio station.
The Turtle Mountain Chippewa (Ojibwa) Tribe and Prairie Public did a series of programs on topics relevant to life on the Turtle Mountain Reservation, hosted by Pam Belgarde. The series portrayed a variety of aspects of Native American life to the public, both Indian and non-Indian, including tradition, art, music, government, gaming, health, education, and economic development.
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Crossing the United States before the federal highway system was in place was very difficult. President Dwight Eisenhower traveled in a military expedition from Maryland to California in the early 1910s and took that experience with him to the White House. He signed the Federal Highway Act in 1956, which led to the opening of the first part of Interstate 94 in October of 1958 between Valley City and Jamestown.
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Video footage of the construction of North Dakota's Garrison Dam.
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North Dakota's agricultural employment opportunities in the late 1800s included bonanza farms, a short-lived variety of mass-scale farming.
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A tornado struck Fargo in 1957, leaving behind a trail of devastation. North Dakota's fledgling television news services covered the natural disaster, recording the event as it occurred and its aftermath.
North Dakota Studies Project
Curriculum and Resources 
- 4th grade
- 8th grade
- History of North Dakota
- Habitats of North Dakota
- Governing North Dakota
- Order
Resources
- 4th grade
- 8th grade
- High School
- Habitats of North Dakota
A Brief History of North Dakota
State History Through the Ages
North Dakota Blue Book Available on Digital Horizons
Past editions of the North Dakota Blue Book are available on Digital Horizons! The Blue Book is easy to use, authoritative, statistical and narrative profile of North Dakota's government, geography, economy and culture, published periodically since 1889.