Indian population in the United States and Alaska. 1910 - RootsWeb

80 INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Ankara.—The northeminost tribe of this stock.
Although now isolated, they were formerly part of
the Pawnee. Their early traditional home was in
Kansas, or farther south and southwest. From here
they moved up the Missouri River, and were found by
Europeans in the early part of the eighteenth century
in South Dakota. By the middle of the nineteenth
century they had moved farther up the river into
North Dakota, and for about 50 years they have been
at Fort Berthold Reservation, together with the Hidatsa
and Mandan.
The number enumerated in 1910 was 444, of which
425 were in North Dakota. Comparative figures are
of value as far back as 1875. Previous to that date
the Ankara were estimated at from 1,000 to 1,600.
The figures given in the reports of the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs for this tribe in North Dakota since
1875 show a great decrease, and are as foUows
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