Jill Schramm/mDN Ruth Plenty Sweet Grass She-Kills, wrapped in a Star Quilt, gives the keynote address at the dedication of Plum River Native Prairie at the former Ramstad school site in Minot in April 2024.

Plum River. Plum Valley. Plum Creek.

Early Native American history indicates there were a lot of plums growing around the Minot area in times past, and the fruit was said to have lent its name to the area. The exact history became cloudy, though, as those handing down the memories became fewer and fewer.

According to the 1985 book, Plum Valley Women, compiled by the Minot Commission on the Status of Women to recognize notable women of the area from 1984-1984, the valley around Minot was a well known Native hunting ground. The book stated Plum Valley is a translation of the Arikara n

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