The Gros Ventres (French for "Big Bellies") is a name given to two distinct Native American groups in North America. The Hidatsa were known as the "Gros Ventres of the Missouri" and the Atsina were known as the "Gros Ventres of the Prairie/Plains." 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. ... It has been suggested that Northern America be merged into this article or section. ... 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. ... Atsina: An inaccurate and derrogatory name for a Native American tribe located in northcentral Montana commonly known as the Gros Ventre. ...
As a complement to our GrosVentre language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the GrosVentre people and various aspects of their society.
GrosVentre history is interesting and important, but the GrosVentre are still here today, too, and we have tried to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
Biographies of nineteen Arikara and GrosVentre Indian men from the 19th century.
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