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  2. Crow people - Wikipedia

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    The Crow, whose autonym is Apsáalooke ([ə̀ˈpsáːɾòːɡè]), also spelled Absaroka, are Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the Crow people have a federally recognized tribe, the Crow Tribe of Montana, [1] with an Indian reservation, the Crow Indian Reservation, located in the south-central part of the state. [1]

  3. Crow religion - Wikipedia

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    In the Church, members consume peyote and then sing and pray to God throughout the night. The Comanche chief Quanah Parker commented on the difference between the Native American Church and mainstream Christianity, remarking that, "The White man goes into his church house and talks about Jesus, but the Indian goes into his tipi and talks to ...

  4. Rainbow crow - Wikipedia

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    The story of the Rainbow Crow is a supposed Lenape legend, symbolizing the value of selflessness and service. However, the Lenape origins of this myth are denied by the Lenape-Nanticoke Museum, which attributes the myth to a recent modification of a Cherokee story known as the "First Fire".

  5. Counting coup - Wikipedia

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    Ledger drawing of a mounted Cheyenne warrior counting coup with lance on a dismounted Crow warrior, 1880s. Among the Plains Indians of North America, counting coup (/ k uː /) (“coup“ is french for “blow” or “shock”) is the warrior tradition of winning prestige against an enemy in battle. It is one of the traditional ways of showing ...

  6. Little People of the Pryor Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Little People of the Pryor Mountains (known as Nirumbee [1] or Awwakkulé [2] in the Crow language) are a race of ferocious dwarfs in the folklore of the Crow Tribe, a Native American tribe. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Little People were also seen as imparting spiritual wisdom, and played a major role in shaping the destiny of the Crow People through ...

  7. Cultural depictions of ravens - Wikipedia

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    The crow (sometimes a raven or vulture) is Shani's Vahana. As a protector of property, Shani is able to repress the thieving tendencies of these birds. Dhumavati, the widow goddess associated with strife and inauspiciousness, is depicted riding a crow or in a horseless chariot bearing an emblem of a crow.

  8. Crowfoot - Wikipedia

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    ' Crow-big-foot ') [1] [2] was a chief of the Siksika. His father, Istowun-ehʼpata (Packs a Knife), and mother, Axkahp-say-pi (Attacked Towards Home), were Kainai . He was five years old when Istowun-ehʼpata was killed during a raid on the Crow tribe , and, a year later, his mother remarried to Akay-nehka-simi (Many Names) of the Siksika ...

  9. Woman Chief - Wikipedia

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    Bíawacheeitchish, in English Woman Chief (c. 1806 – 1854), [1] was a bacheeítche (chief) and warrior of the Crow people.Interested in traditionally male pursuits from an early age, she became one of the Crows' most significant leaders, joining the Council of Chiefs as the third ranking member.