Arapaho

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The Arapaho are a Native American people of the Great Plains historically known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture and alliances with neighboring tribes such as the Cheyenne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Great Plains
Native American people
alliedWith Cheyenne NERFINISHED
Lakota NERFINISHED
Sioux NERFINISHED
colonialLanguage English NERFINISHED
conflictedWith U.S. settlers
United States Army NERFINISHED
continent North America
countryToday United States NERFINISHED
culturalPractice Sun Dance
vision quests
culturalRegion Plains Indians NERFINISHED
currentReservation Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation NERFINISHED
Wind River Reservation NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes NERFINISHED
Northern Arapaho Tribe NERFINISHED
governmentType tribal government
historicalTerritory Colorado NERFINISHED
Kansas NERFINISHED
Montana NERFINISHED
Nebraska NERFINISHED
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
Wyoming NERFINISHED
involvedInEvent Battle of the Little Bighorn NERFINISHED
Sand Creek Massacre NERFINISHED
language Arapaho language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nameMeaning often interpreted as related to "trader" or "buyer"
oralTradition storytelling
populationTrend declined after European contact
preservationEffort language revitalization programs
primaryRegions Great Plains NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Gros Ventre (Atsina) NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
selfDesignation Hinono’eino NERFINISHED
sharesReservationWith Eastern Shoshone NERFINISHED
Southern Cheyenne NERFINISHED
subgroup Northern Arapaho NERFINISHED
Southern Arapaho NERFINISHED
traditionalArt beadwork
quillwork
traditionalClothing buckskin garments
traditionalDwellings tipis
traditionalEconomy horse culture
traditionalLifestyle nomadic
traditionalSubsistence buffalo hunting

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Hunkpapa Lakota ally Arapaho
Fetterman Fight belligerent Arapaho
Wagon Box Fight belligerent Arapaho
Fetterman Fight combatant Arapaho
Bozeman Trail conflictWith Arapaho
Waanibe (Arapaho wife) ethnicity Arapaho
subject surface form: Waanibe
arp ethnicity Arapaho
Plains Indians includes Arapaho
Algic includesLanguage Arapaho
Fort C. F. Smith opposedBy Arapaho
Fort Reno opposedBy Arapaho