WELCOME to the Northern Plains Heritage Foundation website!
The Northern Plains Heritage Foundation is the local, 501(c)3 non-profit coordinating agency for the Northern Plains National Heritage Area, one of the 49 Heritage Areas overseen by the National Park Service.
The Northern Plains National Heritage Area includes sites and locations associated with nationally significant themes in American History. This includes the homeland of the Mandan-Hidatsa; Lewis & Clark, Sacagawea and the Corps of Discovery; and General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry. 
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A Mandan earth lodge within the Northern Plains National Heritage Area
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The Dakota Territory quarters of General George Armstrong Custer
The Northern Plains Heritage Foundation administers grants on behalf of the National Park Service for the Northern Plains National Heritage Area. 
On August 24, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the first National Heritage Area into existence with the designation of the Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act. On March 30, 2009, the US Congress passed Public Law 111-11, bringing the Northern Plains National Heritage Area into existence. The Northern Plains National Heritage Area is one of the 49 National Heritage Areas in the United States. 
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The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
The Northern Plains National Heritage Area includes sites and locations within the North Dakota counties of Burleigh, Morton, Mercer, McLean and Oliver.