Apsaroke

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Apsaroke refers to the Native American people more commonly known as the Crow, historically based in the Yellowstone River valley of what is now Montana and Wyoming.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Crow
Crow people
artForm Beadwork
Painted tipis
Quillwork
clanSystem Matrilineal clans
culturalPractice Elaborate feathered war bonnets
Plains sign language use
currentPrimaryLocation Crow Indian Reservation
South-central Montana
demographicRegion Northern Rocky Mountains area
etymology Name Apsáalooke often translated as “children of the large-beaked bird”
governmentType Tribal government
historicalEnemy Blackfeet
linked to: Blackfeet people

Cheyenne
Lakota Sioux
linked to: Sioux people
historicalEvent Allied with the United States Army against some neighboring Plains tribes
historicalLifestyle Nomadic bison hunters
Plains horse culture
language Crow language
languageFamily Siouan languages
locatedInThePast Present-day Montana
linked to: present-day Montana

Present-day Wyoming
Yellowstone River valley
linked to: Yellowstone Valley
nativeName Apsáalooke
notableAnthropologicalWork “Crow Indian Art” by Robert H. Lowie
“The Crow Indians” by Robert H. Lowie
populationTrend Population declined sharply after European contact
recognizedAs Federally recognized tribe in the United States
relatedEthnicGroup Hidatsa
linked to: Hidatsa people

Mandan
Sioux
linked to: Sioux people
socialOrganization Bands
sovereignWithin United States
subgroupOf Missouri River Siouan
traditionalDwelling Tipi
traditionalRegion Northern Plains
linked to: Great Plains
traditionalReligion Animism
Sun Dance
Vision quest practices
traditionalSubsistence Bison hunting
Gathering wild plants
treaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet for Crow language

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Crow people alsoKnownAs Apsaroke