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The Arikara Indians

By: Chris Patterson & Joseph Lay. The Arikara Indians. The Arikara I ndians lived in the upper part of South D akota and the bottom of N orth D akota that took up only 3 miles on a island at the mouth of the Grand river. Location. Lived Primarily in earth lodges the were covered.

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The Arikara Indians

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  1. By: Chris Patterson & Joseph Lay The Arikara Indians

  2. The ArikaraIndians lived in the upper part of South Dakota and the bottom of North Dakota that took up only 3 miles on a island at the mouth of the Grand river. Location

  3. Lived Primarily in earth lodges the were covered. They were Farmers that planted: corn, beans and squash, but they also grew tobacco, watermelon and pumpkins. But in times when they don’t have good harvest they resort to hunting buffalo for food. General information

  4. Farms were owned by family groups and women did the farming. They used two tools for farming. Digging sticks fashioned from the shoulder blades of buffalo or deer, and rakes made by fastening reeds to a long handle. Arikara men wore buffalo robes, leggings and mocassins. Women were clad in fringed antelope dresses. General information (cont.)

  5. crops balanced the relationship between the Arikaras and the neighboring Teton Sioux. Because of there great military strength so trade was normal between them. General Information (cont.)

  6. Sioux Tribes push into present day Central South Dakota and begins to push the Arikara into present-day North Dakota around the end of the French and Indian War. In 1781 small pox epidemic hits the Arikara villages. Arikara attack the General Ashley expedition of fur traders headed for the Yellowstone to establish trade. They retreat after suffering a number of killed and wounded. Ashley returned with his group of famous fur trappers, American troops, and a large number of Dakota Sioux to chase the Arikara from their village. The Arikara lost a large number of people and their Chief Gray Eyes. Moments in history

  7. The United States ratifies a treaty with the Arikaradesigned to cement the friendship existing between the U.S. and individual tribes. In 1833 the Arikara rejoin the Pawnee in Nebraska on the Loup River. Moments in History (cont.)

  8. Images of the Arikara

  9. The Great Sky Spirit, Nesaru, sometimes called the Great Mystery, was the master of all creation. Below the sky was an endless body of water where two ducks eternally swam. Nesaru made two brothers, Wolf-man and Lucky-man, who commanded the ducks to swim to the bottom of the great water and bring up some earth. With this earth, Wolf-man made the Great Plains and Lucky-Man made the hills and mountains. The two brothers went down beneath the earth and found two spiders. They explained to the spiders how to reproduce. The two spiders produced many kinds of animals and plants, including human beings. However, they also produced a race of evil giants. These giants were so evil that Nesarn eventually had to destroy them with a great flood. However, Nesarn loved human beings and saved them from destruction. Arikara Creation Myth (short Version)

  10. Smith, Gearge. Arikara. Four Directions Press, 09 2009. Web. 23 Oct 2012. <http://www.fourdir.com/arikara.htm>. Williams, Sydney, ed. "Native Languages of the Americas."Native Languages of the Americas: Arikara Legends and Traditional Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct 2012. <http://www.native-languages.org/arikara-legends.htm>. Bibliography

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