Crazy Dog

English Etymology 1 A calque. C.f. bla kanáttsoomitaa, cro bishkawaaláaxa, etc. en Noun Crazy Dog A member of one of the Crazy Dog warrior societies among the en Plains Indians. en Foolish Dog en Robert H. Lowie 1913 Military Societies of the Crow Indians Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History XI part III 151 When his Hidatsa comrade died, Bear-gets-up left the Crazy Dogs. Lone-tree’s uncle, a Crazy Dog, froze to death; the Crazy Dogs met and gave property to Lone-tree, then about twenty years old, in order to make him join. Derived terms en Crazy Dog society, en Crazy Dog Society Translations Blackfoot: bla kanáttsoomitaa Crow: cro bishkawaaláaxa Etymology 2 en Proper noun Crazy Dog en male Native American. en w:George Bird Grinnell April 1892 Early Blackfoot history w:American Anthropologist 5 2 154 I give it below just as it was told me by Mr. J. W. Schultz, who received it from Crazy Dog, an old man of that tribe.