Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Located in Stanton, ND TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Aerial photograph of the Big Hidatsa village site with travois trails. NPS Photo IN BRIEF Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site was established October 26, 1974. The 1, 758 acre site preserves historic and archaelogical remnants of the ...