Arapaho facts for kids
| Hinono'eino | |
|---|---|
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| Total population | |
| 10,861 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| English, Arapaho, Plains Sign Language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Peyotism, Traditional religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Algonquian people, Cheyenne people, Gros Ventre people |
The Arapaho are a group of Native American people. They once lived on the wide plains of Colorado and Wyoming. The Arapaho were good friends with the Cheyenne tribe. They were not as close with the Lakota and Dakota tribes.
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History of the Arapaho People
Where Did the Arapaho Come From?
About 3,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Arapaho people lived near the Red River Valley. This area is now parts of Manitoba, Canada, and Minnesota, United States. Back then, the Arapaho were farmers. They grew crops like maize, also known as corn.
Arapaho Language Today
The Arapaho language is part of the Algonquian language family. Today, it is spoken in two main ways, called dialects. The Northern Arapaho dialect has about 250 people who speak it fluently. Most of these speakers live on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. There are very few people who still speak the Southern Arapaho dialect. All of them are very old.
Images for kids
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Pouch, Arapaho (Native American), Late 19th or early 20th century, Brooklyn Museum
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Painting of Black Man, an Arapaho warrior with face paint and feathers. By E. A. Burbank, 1899.
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Ledger drawing of a mounted Arapaho warrior fighting a group of Navajo or Pueblo warriors, c. 1880
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Southern Arapaho women's leggings and moccasins, c. 1910, Oklahoma History Center
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Chief Black Coal, an important Arapaho chief. He helped keep the Arapaho peaceful with the United States. He also kept them out of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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Ledger drawing of an Arapaho warrior riding down a U.S. soldier (1880)
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Ledger Drawing - Arapaho and U.S Solddier - ca. 1880.jpg
Ledger drawing of an Arapaho warrior with a headdress. He is shown touching a U.S. soldier with his rifle butt, a brave act called "counting coup."
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Ledger drawing of an Arapaho warrior fighting a U.S. soldier while on horseback.
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See Also
In Spanish: Arapajó para niños
