Gros Ventre

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Gros Ventre refers to a Native American tribe of the Northern Plains, traditionally associated with areas of present-day Montana and Alberta and known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture.

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Gros Ventre canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Indigenous people of North America
Native American tribe
colonialContactWith French fur traders
United States government
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice beadwork
powwow
traditional storytelling
culturalRegion Plains Indians
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribeName Assiniboine people
surface form: Assiniboine and Gros Ventre Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana
federallyRecognizedTribeWith Assiniboine
historicalAlly Assiniboine
Cree
historicalEnemy Blackfoot
surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
historicalLifestyle nomadic
languageFamily Algonquian languages
modernEconomicActivity agriculture
ranching
tribal government services
modernLanguageStatus endangered
notableEvent loss of buffalo herds in the late 19th century
smallpox epidemics in the 19th century
populationRegion Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
primaryGameAnimal American bison
primaryState Montana
relatedEthnicGroup Arapaho
Atsina
Blackfoot
Cree
reservation Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
reservationState Montana
selfGovernedBy Fort Belknap Indian Community Council
timePeriodOfMajorDispossession late 19th century
timePeriodOfNomadicBuffaloCulture pre-19th century
traditionalHousing tipi
traditionalLanguage Gros Ventre language
traditionalRegion Alberta
Montana
Great Plains
surface form: Northern Plains
traditionalReligion Sun Dance
animism
traditionalSubsistence horse culture
nomadic buffalo hunting
treatyPartner United States of America
surface form: United States

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