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Crow

Crow. By: Dillon Winkler. Environment. Traveled across the upper Midwest of the United States, and possibly into southern Canada Eventually settled in Montana and Wyoming Moved to the Heart River area of North Dakota Settled near Chief Mountain, in present day Montana

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Crow

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  1. Crow By: Dillon Winkler

  2. Environment • Traveled across the upper Midwest of the United States, and possibly into southern Canada • Eventually settled in Montana and Wyoming • Moved to the Heart River area of North Dakota • Settled near Chief Mountain, in present day Montana • The Crow moved south passing by Salt Lake, Utah • Crow people made their homes in Montana and Wyoming, with the Big Horn Mountains as their heartland

  3. Religion/Myths • Mythical creatures - Mannegishi bald humans with large eyes and tiny bodies are tricksters and are similar to fairies called the Dover Demons. Baaxpee is a spiritual power that can cause a person to mature/ weird circumstances that force maturation and Andicipoec is a warrior hero who is invincible to bullets. • Medicine men were healers that were taught the secrets of nature and of there persistent worshiping to the gods • Tons of devotion to the animals and objects of nature • They worshiped individually or in small groups • Rituals Sacred Pipe Dance, Wound Curing, Sun Dance - Vengeance ritual which would help them bring them revenge on a rivaling tribe

  4. Language • Dog – bishke • Horse – iichiile • Buffalo – Bishee • Wolf – Cheete • Bear – daxpitchee • Fox – iaxuhke • Snake - iaxassee • Man (Homme) – Bachee • Woman (Femme) – Bia • Sun (Soleil) – Axxaashe • Moon (Lune) – Bilitaachiia • Water (Eau) – Bile • Baasaxpilue- to make much noise Siouan language of the Great Plains

  5. Government/Rules • They had chiefs and clans • Medicine Healer was a step lower than the chief but more respected • Then you had your warriors/hunters and forgers • Chief did necessarily mean you have a position of make all the decision making • They were more democratic than a monarchy • Leadership depended more on being able to persuade than titles • Could have many crow wives • You could become a Chief by doing these feats Striking and enemy, leading successful raids and capturing horses, snatching a bow/gun in hand to hand combat

  6. Foods • Buffalo/Bison • Elk/Deer • Mountain Sheep • Raspberries / Chokecherries • Roots of plants • Pheasants / turkeys • Fruits apples/squash

  7. Shelter • Teepees • Made of sturdy lodge poles • Held together by tendon rope • Animal skin to keep them from most of the elements of nature

  8. Transportation • Horses • Rarely rode buffalo • Most of transportation done by foot • Donkeys

  9. History • Originated from one clan • Speared out after decades of years from the clan • Crow means “Bird People” • Originally called Absaroke, or Sparrowhawk • The Crow name from the White man

  10. Clothing/Apparel • Crow females never dressed elaborately • They made clothes from skin from animals they hunted for meat • Females had their hair long down to the waist • The Females wore skins that covered there upper body and legs and Elk teeth (bead) necklace • Males dressed more elaborate • Males had basically everything females had except males wore feathers, Beads, war paint, and leather straps on the body with weapons on them

  11. Entertainment • Sang chants/“Folk songs” • War dancing • Successful hunt feasts • Ancestors/ respected Indians of there tribe Festivals of honor

  12. Economy • Hunted and followed the buffalo (nomads) • Found any eatable vegation around them • Uses some vegetation for healing medicine/rituals • When the buffalo crossed the river they would fish

  13. War or Peace/Weapons • War full people • Went on Raids sometimes big groups most of the time small • For the Crow, war was a way of life and a man who was unskilled in war was a nobody • Spears and Bows • Rifles and some had hand guns • Explosives

  14. Trade • Traded with the white man when ever they came around or went to trade center • Sometimes they traded with other Indians • Traded in Slat Lake, Utah for horses • Pelts • Bead work • Animals • Weaving • Each other

  15. Technology/Tools • Stone or metal arrow points • Stone Hammers • Utensils made of ivory (bison horns) • Metal cooking pots • Pouches and caring cases

  16. Gender Roles • Women can be Chiefs • Women have equal power with the male • The Crow were a matrilineal (descent through the maternal line) • Matrilocal (husband moves in with wife's family), and matriarchal tribe • Women held a very significant role within the tribe

  17. Bibliography • Biography about John Beckwourth’s life with the Crow “Notes” • http://lib.lbhc.cc.mt.us/old_site_backup/migratio.htm • http://faculty.csusb.edu/alafaye/NA3.ppt#278,19,Crow ReligionContd. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_tribe • http://www.thefurtrapper.com/trade_beads.htm • http://www.frontiertrails.com/oldwest/crow.html • http://www.crystalinks.com/crow.html • http://www.animationfactory.com/en/search/index.mc?cid=&q=indian • http://www.canyonrecords.com/sounds.htm

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