Arapaho people
Also known as Arapahoe, Arapahos, Arapaho
The Arapaho ( ; , ) are a Native American people historically living on the plains of Colorado and Wyoming. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely aligned with the Lakota and Dakota.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Arapaho
- Ethnic group.native_name
- ,
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Pouch, Arapaho (Native American), Late 19th or early 20th cent., 08.434.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Arapaho quillwork pouch, late 19th century, Brooklyn Museum
- Ethnic group.population
- 10,861 (2010)
- Ethnic group.langs
- English, Arapaho, Plains Sign Language, formerly Nawathinehena
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity, Peyotism, Traditional religions
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Algonquians, Cheyennes, Gros Ventre
- Ethnonym.person
- Hinono'eino
- Ethnonym.people
- Hinono'eiteen
- Ethnonym.language
- Hinónoʼeitíít,Bee3osohoot
- Ethnonym.country
Article
27 sectionsContents
- Names
- Historic political and dialect Arapaho divisions and bands
- Language
- Histories
- Early history
- Expansion on the plains
- Enemies and warrior culture
- Sand Creek Massacre
- Events Leading to the Sand Creek Massacre
- Sand Creek Massacre
- Why the Sand Creek Massacre Occurred
- Indian Wars on the Southern Plains
- Powder River Expedition
- Red Cloud's War
- Great Sioux War of 1876–77
- Culture
- Creation story
- Gender and division of labor
- Clothing
- Economic development
- Notable Arapahos
- Population history
- See also
- Citations
- General references
- Further reading
- External links
The Arapaho ( ; , ) are a Native American people historically living on the plains of Colorado and Wyoming. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely aligned with the Lakota and Dakota.
By the 1850s, Arapaho bands formed two tribes, namely the Northern Arapaho and Southern Arapaho. Since 1878, the Northern Arapaho have lived with the Eastern Shoshone on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming and are federally recognized as the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation. The Southern Arapaho live with the Southern Cheyenne in Oklahoma. Together, their members are enrolled as the federally recognized Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.