Arikara

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Indigenous people of the Great Plains Native American tribe

The Arikara are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains, historically known as semi-sedentary agriculturalists and traders who lived in earth-lodge villages along the Missouri River.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arikara people	5

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ Native American tribe ⓘ
autonym	Sahnish NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalPractice	agricultural ceremonies ⓘ bison-hunting rituals ⓘ village-based social organization ⓘ
currentPoliticalEntity	Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentReservation	Fort Berthold Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentState	North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicStatus	federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalAlliance	formed alliance with Hidatsa ⓘ formed alliance with Mandan ⓘ
historicalEvent	encountered Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ engaged in trade at Missouri River villages in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ suffered severe population loss from smallpox epidemics ⓘ
historicalPopulationPattern	consolidation into large fortified villages ⓘ
knownFor	earth-lodge architecture ⓘ role as middlemen in Plains trade networks ⓘ semi-sedentary agricultural lifestyle ⓘ
language	Arikara language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Caddoan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion	Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Pawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ Wichita NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Arikara spiritual beliefs ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ beadwork ⓘ hide processing ⓘ pottery ⓘ
traditionalCrop	beans ⓘ corn ⓘ squash ⓘ sunflowers ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	trade with Euro-American traders ⓘ trade with other Plains tribes ⓘ
traditionalHousing	earth lodge villages ⓘ semi-sedentary settlements ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	bean cultivation ⓘ bison hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Missouri River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day North Dakota ⓘ present-day South Dakota ⓘ