Crow people
Apsáalooke | |
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Pauline Small on horseback. She carries the flag of the Crow Tribe of Montana. As a tribal official, she is entitled to carry the flag during the Crow Fair parade. | |
| Total population | |
| 12,000 enrolled citizens | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Montana) | |
| Languages | |
| Crow, English, Plains Sign Talk | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Crow Way, Tobacco Society | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hidatsa |
| Apsáalooke "children of the raven" | |
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| People | Apsáalooke |
| Language | Apsáalooke aliláau Apsáalooke iiéhkuua |
| Country | Apsáalooke Issawua |
The Crow, whose autonym is Apsáalooke ([ə̀ˈpsáːɾòːɡè]), are Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the Crow people have a federally recognized tribe, the Crow Tribe of Montana, with an Indian reservation, the Crow Indian Reservation, located in the south-central part of the state.
Crow Native Americans are a Plains tribe, who speak the Crow language, part of the Missouri River Valley branch of Siouan languages. Of the 14,000 enrolled tribal citizens, an estimated 3,000 spoke the Crow language in 2007.
In historical times, the Crow lived in the Yellowstone River valley, which extends from present-day Wyoming, through Montana, and into North Dakota, where it joins the Missouri River. During the United States' expansion into the West, the Crow allied with the Americans against their neighbors and rivals, the Dakota, Lakota, and Cheyenne.
Since the 19th century, Crow people have been concentrated on their reservation established south of Billings, Montana. Today, many also lived in major Western cities. Their tribal headquarters are located at Crow Agency, Montana. The tribe operates the Little Big Horn College.