The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana. The current chairman of the tribal council is Carl Venne. Noted writer Joe Medicine Crow is tribal historian. The tribal headquarters are located at Crow Agency, Montana. The tribe hosts a large Dance Celebration, rodeo, and parade annually; the 87th Crow Fair was held at Crow Agency from August 18 - August 22, 2005. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. ... Billings is a city located in Yellowstone County, Montana. ... State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer (D) Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th)  - Land 377,295 km²  - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000)  - Population 902,195 (44th)  - Density 2. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Survivor can mean different things in different contexts. ... Joseph Medicine Crow (born 1913 near Lodge Grass, Montana) is a Crow historian and author. ... Crow Agency is a census-designated place located in Big Horn County, Montana. ... Steer roping Rodeo is a traditional folk North American sport with influences from the history of Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) and American cowboys. ... United States Marines on parade. ... The Crow Fair was created in 1904 by an Indian government agent to bring the Crow Tribe of Indians into modern society. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Apsaalooke Nation

(Flag) (Coat of Arms)
Motto: With Education, you are the white man's equal; without education, you are his victim
Anthem: The Apsaalooke Flag Song
Capital	Crow Agency, Montana million acres, 4,860) 45°36′ N 107°27′ W
Largest city	Crow Agency
Official languages	Crow; Crow & English de facto
Government Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Vice Secretary	General Council Executive, Legislative, & Judicial Carl Venne Cedric Black Eagle Andrew Old Elk Darrin Old Coyote
Treaty of 1825  - Declared  - Recognized Constitution  - completed  - Received  - effective	With United States of America August 4, 1825 February 6, 1826 July 15, 2001 December 14, 2001 July 15, 2001 Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links greeat seal File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This page lists state and national mottos for the worlds independent states and their subdivisions. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their states official national song. ... Image File history File links Adapted from Wikipedias MT county maps by Seth Ilys. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Crow Agency is a census-designated place located in Big Horn County, Montana. ... Crow Agency is a census-designated place located in Big Horn County, Montana. ... An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ... The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Absáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana, and the current chairman of the tribal council is Carl Venne. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Area  • Total  • Water (%)	1.2 million acres, 4,860 km² (?) ?
Population  • July 2005 est.  • 2000 census  • Density	12,000 Enrolled Members (?) 12,000 ?/km² (?)
GDP (PPP)  • Total  • Per capita	? estimate ? (?) ? (?)
Currency	US dollar ($) (USD)
Time zone  • Summer (DST)	(UTCMountain) Mountain (UTC)
Internet TLD	?
Calling code	+1 406

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Language

The Crow language is a member of the Missouri Valley Siouan languages. They split from the Hidatsa tribe in present-day North Dakota either around 1400 to 1500 CE (according to cultural anthropologists) or 900 to 1000 CE (according to linguistic anthropologists). The Siouan languages are a Native American language family of North America. ... Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes, are a Native American group comprised of a union of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples, whose native lands ranged across the Missouri River basin in the Dakotas. ... State nickname: Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State Other U.S. States Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Governor John Hoeven (R) Official languages English Area 183 272 km² (19th)  - Land 178 839 km²  - Water 4 432 km² (2. ...

Lifestyle

The traditional shelters of the Crow are tepees made with buffalo skins and wooden poles. They are known to contruct some of the largest tepees. Inside they have mattresses to sleep on along the borders of their shelters, and a fire place, which the smoke escapes from through a hole in the top of the tepee. Many Crow families still own and use the tepee, especially when traveling. Crow Fair has been described as the largest gathering of tepees in the world. Categories: Stub | Buildings and structures | Survival skills ... A buffalo is one of several species of bovine. ...

Men's Warbonnet at the Annual Crow Fair Celebration

Traditional clothing the Crow wore depended on gender. Women wouldn't dress very fancy because they were mostly around their shelters. They wore dresses made of mountain sheep or deer skins, decorated with elk teeth. They would cover their legs with leggings and their feet with moccasins. Crow women had short hair, unlike the men. The men dressed differently, with a shirt, trimmed leggings with a belt, a robe, and moccasins on their feet. Their hair was actually long, in some cases reaching or even dragging the ground, and sometimes decorated with certain items. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae Defined strictly, a deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... The word Elk has several possible meanings: In Europe, Elk is the animal known in North America as the Moose (Alces alces). ... The word moccasin was first introduced into English in 1612, from a Virginia Algonquian language, most likely Powhatan (makasin ‘shoe’), though similar words exist in Narragansett (mokussin), Micmac (m’kusun), and Ojibwa (makasin). ...

Crow Lineage

The Crow were a matrilineal (decent through the maternal line), matrilocal (husband moves in with wife's family), and matriarchal tribe (females obtaining high status, even chief). Women held a very significant role within the tribe. Matrilineality is a system in which one belongs to ones mothers lineage; it may also involve the inheritance of property or titles through the female line. ... A matriarchy is a tradition (and by extension a form of government) in which community power lies with the eldest mother of a community. ...

Crow kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Crow system is one of the six major kinship systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudanese). Crow kinship is a kinship system used to define family. ... Lewis H. Morgan Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) is considered to be the Father of American anthropology, although his professional life was in the field of law. ...

Crow Scouts

On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer, Commander of the US Seventh Calvary led his troops to complete annihilation at the hands of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. The site today, near Crow Agency, is marked as the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The Crow Nation was recruited to serve in the U.S. Army as Indian scouts. White Man Runs Him, Curley, Hairy Moccasin, and Goes Ahead were with Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, or Custer’s Last Stand. The Scout's only duties were to find the Indian encampments. Such was the case with Lt. Colonel Custer as he dismissed his Crow and Arikara Indian scouts. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was an American cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars who is best remembered for his defeat and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against a coalition of Native American tribes, led by... Alternative meaning: Lakota, Côte dIvoire is a département of Côte dIvoire. ... Cheyenne lodges with buffalo meat drying, 1870 The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains, closely allied with the Arapaho and loosely allied with the Lakota (Sioux). ... The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Stand, was an engagement between a Lakota-Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army that took place on June 25, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory. ... Edward S. Curtis portrait of White Man Runs Him, c. ... Curley, by D.F. Barry, 1878 Curley (or Curly), is the English name for Ashishishe (var. ... Hairy Moccasin (also known as Esh-sup-pee-me-shish) was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. ... Goes Ahead (d. ... George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was an American cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars who is best remembered for his defeat and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against a coalition of Native American tribes, led by... The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Stand, was an engagement between a Lakota-Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army that took place on June 25, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory. ... Species See text The true crows are in the genus Corvus; they are large Passerine birds. ...

Government

Prior to the 2001 Constitution, the Crow Nation was governed by a 1948 Constitution. The former constitution organized the tribe as a General Council (Tribal Council). The General Council in essence held the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of the government. The General Council was comprised of all enrolled members of the Crow Nation, provided that females 18 years or older and males 21 or older. The General Council was a direct democracy, which was last seen in Ancient Greece. Survivor can mean different things in different contexts. ... Direct democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein all citizens can directly participate in the political decision-making process. ... Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ...

The Crow Nation, or Crow Tribe of Indians, established a three branch government at a 2001 Council Meeting. The new government is known as the 2001 Constitution. The General Council remains the governing body of the tribe, however, the powers were distributed to a three branch government. In theory, the General Council is still the governing body of the Crow Nation. However, in reality, the General Council has not convened since the establishment of the 2001 constitution.

Men's Crow Traditional Outfit

The Executive Branch has four officials known as the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Vice-Secretary. The Executive Branch officials are also the officials within the Crow Tribal General Council, which has not met since July 15, 2001 that established the 2001 Constitution. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... A secretary is an office/administrative support position. ...

The Legislative Branch consists of a Legislature. The Legislature has three members from each district on the Crow Indian Reservation. The Crow Indian Reservation is divided into six districts known as The Valley of the Chiefs, Reno, Black Lodge, Mighty Few, Big Horn, and Pryor Districts. The Valley of the Chiefs District is the largest district by population. Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ...

The Judicial Branch consists of a Chief Justice. The acting Chief Justice of the Crow Nation is Angela Russell.

Chairmen of the Crow Nation

2002-2008 Carl Venne Image File history File links Summary Crow. ...

2000-2002 Clifford Birdin Ground

1990-2000 Clara Nomee

1986-1990 Richard Real Bird Real Bird is a family name in the Crow Nation, or Crow Tribe of Indians. ...

1982-1986 Donald Stewart

1977-1982 Forest Horn

1974-1977 Patrick Stands Over Bull

1972-1974 David Stewart

1966-1972 Edison Real Bird Real Bird is a family name in the Crow Nation, or Crow Tribe of Indians. ...

1964-1966 John Wilson

1960-1964 John Cummings

1956-1960 Edward "Posie" Whiteman

1954-1956 William Wall

1946-1954 Robert "Robbie" Yellowtail

1941-1946 Henry Pretty On Top

1938-1941 Charles Yarlott

1934-1938 Hartford Bear Claw

1927-1934 William Bends

1921-1927 James Carpenter

1920-1921 Ralph Saco (Gets Down Often)

Further reading

• The World of the Crow Indians, As Driftwood Lodges, Rodney Frey, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1987, hardback, ISBN 0-8061-2076-2

External links

• Crow Tribal website
• Crow Tribal Council Website
• 2001 Constitution
• 1948 Constitution