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Apsáalooke
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Apsaalooke
English
Alternative forms
en Absáalooke Apsaalooke
Etymology
en cro Apsáalooke.
Noun
p
the Crow tribe
en Rodney Frey The World of the Crow Indians: As Driftwood Lodges University of Oklahoma Press 1987 19 https://books.google.com/books?id=pfsK9RcNhMUC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA19 The Apsáalooke were not alone in their struggle. They maintained alliances, though not always secure, with the Hidatsa, the Nez Percé, the Salish, and the Shoshoni. In 1805 more than one hundred Shoshoni traveled with the Apsáalooke for much of the year.
en Steve Johnson ‘Apsáalooke Women and Warriors’ is Field Museum’s first major show curated by a Native American scholar The Chicago Tribune 2020-03-12 https://www.chicagotribune.com/2020/03/12/apsalooke-women-and-warriors-is-field-museums-first-major-show-curated-by-a-native-american-scholar/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240601095451/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2020/03/12/apsalooke-women-and-warriors-is-field-museums-first-major-show-curated-by-a-native-american-scholar/ 2025-06-01 In the Field Museum’s new exhibition “Apsáalooke Women and Warriors,” the story of one Native American people, more widely known as the Crow of the northwest plains, is told by members of the community. And it includes not just objects from the Apsáalooke (ahp-SAH-luh-guh) past and pictures of the departed but also the work of living artists and photos of living people, a reminder that the Crow people aren’t relics of history but part of a continuing story.
en Laura Zornosa How Bethany Yellowtail elevates Native artists — and women — through fashion Los Angeles Times 2021-03-04 https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-03-04/la-designer-elevates-native-art-women-through-fashion If art preserves the culture of the Apsáalooke people, then Apsáalooke women are the keepers of that culture, cultivating it to reflect the modern day. https://web.archive.org/web/20260410205147/https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-03-04/la-designer-elevates-native-art-women-through-fashion 10 April 2026
en Chadd Scott Wendy Red Star Takes Columbus Museum Of Art Visitors To The Apsáalooke Reservation Forbes 2023-04-30 https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2023/04/30/wendy-red-star-takes-columbus-museum-of-art-visitors-to-the-apsalooke-reservation/ Red Star has gone on to produce a stunning archive of photography, textiles and mixed media installations exploring themes of Apsáalooke history, the indigenous roots of feminism and contemporary life on the reservation. Her work has become a fixture inside America’s most prestigious art museums, rarified space for any artist, let alone a female Native American artist. https://web.archive.org/web/20251006230338/https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2023/04/30/wendy-red-star-takes-columbus-museum-of-art-visitors-to-the-apsalooke-reservation/ 6 October 2025
Crow
Etymology
From cro apisáa<t:larged-beaked bird><pos:from cro apá<t:mouth, beak> -isáa<pos:augmentative suffix> 1> dáaka<t:child, offspring> children of the large-beaked bird.
Proper noun
cro proper noun
the Crow tribe