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 ( French: Arapahos, Gens de Vache) are a tribe of Native Americans. They used to live on the plains of Colorado and Wyoming. They were close friends of the Cheyenne tribe. They were barely friends with the Lakota and Dakota.
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History
Early history
Around 3,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Arapaho-speaking people (Heeteinono'eino') lived in the western Great Lakes region. They lived there along the Red River Valley. This would be in what is present-day Manitoba, Canada and Minnesota, United States. The Arapaho were an agricultural people. They grew crops, including maize.
Language
The Arapaho language is currently spoken in two different dialects. It is considered to be a part the Algonquian language family. There are only about 250 fluent speakers of Northern Arapaho. Most of them live on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. There are even fewer fluent Southern Arapaho speakers. 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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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
See also
In Spanish: Arapajó para niños