North Dakotan culture is rooted in influences from Native Americans, Germans and Scandinavians. North Dakota has the most churches per capita in the USA. Roman Catholic followed by Muslim and Jewish minorities make up the rest of North DakotaвЂ™s religiously affiliated population. The majority of North Dakotans are Protestant with the greatest affiliations to the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Methodist Church. North Dakota Culture Religion in North Dakota In the 1950s the NPL merged with the state Democratic Party.Дrought followed by dust and wind storms hit North Dakota and the Midwest in 1929, lasting through the Great Depression in the 1930s, but with the revival of farmland and wheat crops which occurred during WWII agriculture became, and still is, North DakotaвЂ™s industry leader employing 24 % of the population, with its economy thriving on flaxseed and canola production. The NPL gained momentum throughout the Midwest and took over North DakotaвЂ™s state offices in just one year.

The NPL was run by farmers and based its economic platform on agrarianism and state-control. North Dakota is the birthplace of the Nonpartisan League, a political group that emerged from the Republican Party in 1915. From 1878 to 1884 there was a surge of immigration to North DakotaвЂ™s Red River Valley because of the railroads and commercial вЂњbonanzaвЂќ farming. The construction of railroads also increased migration to the once sparsely populated state. Many of these migrants were German Americans and Scandinavian Americans. Homestead initiatives in North Dakota were attractive to Americans looking to move west in the 19th century. 28 years later the land was divided into two separate states. North Dakota was part of the Minnesota and Nebraska Territories until 1861 when it became the Dakota Territory, including South Dakota. In 1803 North Dakota became a US Territory when France sold the land to the USA in the Louisiana Purchase. More European expeditions to the area, trade with the Mandans and fur posts began to emerge in the years that followed. La VГ©rendrye was the first European to encounter North Dakota and the Mandan people in 1738. In 1682 North Dakota and the land surrounding the Mississippi River were claimed by LaSalle for France. The Mandan tribe was especially developed in trade and agriculture. These early inhabitants hunted mammoths and bison in the North Dakotan plains, and lived along rivers and in woodlands. Long before statehood, North Dakota was home to a number of Native American tribes dating back to 9500 BCE. North Dakota History, Language and Culture History of North Dakota

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