Aaniiih people

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The Aaniiih people, also known as the Gros Ventre, are a Native American tribe of the Northern Plains primarily associated with present-day Montana.

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Aaniiih people canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations and Native American ethnic group
Indigenous people of the United States
Native American people
Plains tribe
alsoKnownAs A’aninin
surface form: Aaniiih

A’aninin
Gros Ventre
White Clay People
contemporaryEconomicActivity agriculture
ranching
tribal government services
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice sweat lodge ceremonies
use of painted tipis
vision quest
culturalRegion Great Plains
culturalRevitalizationEffort annual powwows and cultural celebrations
currentPrimaryLanguage English
educationalInstitution Aaniiih Nakoda College
enteredReservationEra late 19th century
experienced epidemics of smallpox
loss of bison herds
federallyRecognizedTribe Fort Belknap Indian Community Council
surface form: Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana
governingBody Fort Belknap Indian Community Council
historicalEnemy Blackfoot
surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy

Sioux people
surface form: Sioux peoples
historicalLinguisticRelation Atsina language
historicallyAssociatedWith Arapaho people
Assiniboine people
Blackfoot
surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy

Cree peoples
surface form: Cree people

Crow people
Sioux people
surface form: Sioux peoples
historicalPeriodOfHorseCulture 18th century
languageRevitalizationEffort Aaniiih language immersion and classes
nativeNameLanguage Aaniiih language
populationTrend decline after European contact
primaryRegion Great Plains
surface form: Northern Plains
primaryState Montana
reservation Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
reservationState Montana
sharesReservationWith Assiniboine people
traditionalHousing tipi
traditionalLanguage Aaniiih language
traditionalLanguageFamily Algonquian languages
traditionalLifestyle nomadic buffalo hunters
traditionalReligion Sun Dance
animism
traditionalSubsistence bison hunting
gathering wild plants
treatyRelationshipWith United States government

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Gros Ventre language spokenBy Aaniiih people
Aaniiih language ethnicGroup Aaniiih people