Arapaho
Wyoming indigenous people
Arapaho refers to a Native American people originally inhabiting the Great Plains, particularly present-day Colorado and Wyoming, or a member of this people.
The Arapaho were closely allied with the Cheyenne and lived as nomadic buffalo hunters before being confined to reservations.
Arapaho also names their Algonquian language: She is studying Arapaho language preservation.
Cowboy State
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
- Rocky MountainsWestern North American cordillera
Canton · tribal lands · ancestral territory · high plains · river valleys · hunting grounds
Mountain range in Wyoming
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- tribal councilIndigenous community's ruling body
- indigenousOriginating in a region
Plains Indians · First Nations · native peoples · ancestry · heritage · community · elders · traditions
North American language family
- CheyennePlains tribe or state capital
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- dialectsRegional language variations
revitalization · immersion · fluency · elders · speakers · dictionary · grammar · phonology
Heated structure for ritual purification
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- quillworkEmbroidery with porcupine spines
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
ceremonies · sacred pipe · medicine wheel · vision quest · storytelling · traditional dress · moccasins · tipis
1876 Montana battle site
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
boarding schools · buffalo hunters · horse culture · nomadic · territorial · warfare · diplomacy · survival
Wyoming
Cowboy State
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
Rocky Mountains · Canton · tribal lands · ancestral territory · high plains · river valleys · hunting grounds
Wind River
Mountain range in Wyoming
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- tribal councilIndigenous community's ruling body
indigenous · Plains Indians · First Nations · native peoples · ancestry · heritage · community · elders · traditions · governance
Algonquian
North American language family
- CheyennePlains tribe or state capital
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
dialects · revitalization · immersion · fluency · elders · speakers · dictionary · grammar · phonology · preservation
sweat lodge
Heated structure for ritual purification
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- quillworkEmbroidery with porcupine spines
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
powwow · ceremonies · sacred pipe · medicine wheel · vision quest · storytelling · traditional dress · moccasins · tipis · spiritual practices
Little Bighorn
1876 Montana battle site
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
assimilation · boarding schools · buffalo hunters · horse culture · nomadic · territorial · warfare · diplomacy · survival · resilience
- Colorado TribesUte, Cheyenne, Capote
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- TribesApache, Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Comanche
- frontier Americapioneers, settlers, homesteaders, homesteading, sodbusters
- Indigenous American LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Nahuatl, Quechua, Ojibwe
- Indigenous LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe
ArapahoPawnee
Plains-dwelling indigenous nation
Shoshone · Ute · U.S. Cavalry · U.S. Army
ArapahoU.S. Army
American land military branch
U.S. Cavalry · white settlers · European settlers · homesteaders