Mandaree (Hidatsa: Adixoodagoorahareesh) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 691 at the 2020 census,
Mandaree is located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. It was founded in 1954 as a home for those displaced by the rising backwaters of the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River. The name was suggested by a Catholic missionary on the reservation and is a portmanteau of the names of the three tribes: MANdan, HiDAtsa, and REE, another name for the Arikara.
Mandaree is the primary physical center of the Mandan-Hidatsa community. It is noted nationally for its annual Pow-wow, held the third weekend in July, as well as for being the home of the Mandaree Singers, a tribal musical group.
Geography
Mandaree is in eastern McKenzie County, bordered to the east by Dunn County and to the west by North Dakota Highway 22. By road it is north and east to New Town, south to Killdeer, and 31 miles west to Watford City.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mandaree CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.09% is water.
Notable people
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- Tex G. Hall, 1998-2006 tribal chairman
- Edward Lone Fight, 1986-1990 tribal chairman