Statement of Significance (as of designation - February 18, 1997):
By 1500 A.D., the Middle Missouri agricultural villages were the principal focus for social organization of Mandan people, who had developed extensive trading networks over the previous 200 years. The Huff Village is one of the best-known and best preserved sites of this period. Its bastioned fortification system, dense and regular arrangement of houses, and wide variety in material culture attest to the extraordinary regional impacts of their way of life. The remains of a large central house facing an open plaza preserve evidence about the ritual space which corresponds to the complex spiritual and ideological world that the Mandan have maintained since historic times.

Condition:
No response was received from the owner to the 2004 NPS inquiry regarding the condition of the landmark.