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Arapaho Culture and History

As a complement to our Arapaho language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Arapaho people and various aspects of their society. The emphasis of these pages is on American Indians as a living people with a present and a future as well as a past. Arapaho history is interesting and important, but the Arapaho 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. Suggestions for new links are always welcome.

Arapaho Tribal and Community Links

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma:
    Homepage of the Oklahoma Arapahos and Cheyennes.
Northern Arapaho Tribe:
    Homepage of the Northern Arapaho Nation of Wyoming.
Arapaho Business Council:
    Contact information and links for the Northern Arapahos.
Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council:
    Coalition of ten Indian tribes in Montana and Wyoming.
Cheyenne Arapaho Tribal College:
    Homepage of the two-year community college of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma.
Wind River Casino:
    Homepage of the Northern Arapaho casino.

Maps of Arapaho Lands

Nebraska Indian Map * Kansas Indian Map:
    Tribal maps showing the original lands of the Arapaho Indians and their neighbors.
Map of Arapaho Areas:
    Map of reservation and treaty lands allotted to the Arapahos in the 1800's.

Arapaho Lifestyle and Tradition

Arapaho Culture:
    Arapaho creation myth, history, and cultural overview.
Arapaho:
    Arapaho Indian culture and history.
Arapaho Native Americans:
    Background information and links.
The Arapaho Tribe * The Arapaho:
    Arapaho ethnographies with historical photographs.
Arapaho Nation Flag * Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation Flag * Cheyenne and Arapaho Flag * Wind River Arapaho Tribe Flag:
    Arapaho flags.
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes License Plates * Cheyenne-Arapahoe License Plate:
    Oklahoma Arapaho license plate.
Arapaho Indian Costume * Native American Clothes * Feather Headdresses * Indian Hairstyles:
    Sketches of traditional Arapaho clothing and other Plains Indian dress.
Hoop and Pole Game:
    Traditional games for Arapaho children.

Arapaho Religion and Myth

Native American Spirituality:
    Advice for people researching traditional Arapaho religion and other American Indian spirituality.
Arapaho Sacred Rituals: Sun Dance * The Arapaho Sun Dance * Images of the Sun Dance:
    Information and pictures about the Arapaho Sundance ritual.
Arapaho Legends:
    Collection of Arapaho Indian legends and folktales.

Arapaho Art and Literature

Ancient Ways West:
    Shoshone and Arapaho Indian crafts from Wind River Reservation for sale online.
Arapaho Authors:
    Arapaho writers, their lives and work.
Native American Art:
    Information, photographs and links about Arapaho and other native art.

Arapaho Politics, Issues, and News

Sand Creek Returned to Rightful Owners:
    The return of the Sand Creek Massacre site to the Cheyenne and Arapaho people.
Arapaho Redefines 'Home School':
    Article about a Northern Arapaho youth attending high school in Colorado.
Court Affirms Arapaho Gaming Rights * Arapaho Tribe to Erect New Casino:
    Articles about Northern Arapaho casino plans.
Battle Over Sun Dance Heats Up * Sun Dance Conflict:
    Articles about a religious dispute over the holding of traditional Arapaho Sundances.

Arapaho History

Origin of the Arapaho People:
    The history of the Arapaho people, as told by Pius Moss, Tribal Elder.
Arapaho:
    Overview of Arapaho history.
The Arapaho Camp:
    History of the Arapaho in Colorado.
Sand Creek * Genocide on the Great Plains * Sand Creek Massacre Project * Sand Creek Massacre:
    The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, when 150 peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahoes were murdered by US troops.
Plains Indian History:
    History of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Lakota Indians at Fort Laramie.
Imaging and Imagining the Ghost Dance:
    1890's photo documentary of the Arapaho Ghost Dance, by James Mooney.

Arapaho Genealogy

Cheyenne/Arapaho Lands:
    Genealogical resource for Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian descendents, with documents like marriage licenses.
Ancestor Search:
    Online lookup of Arapaho and other Indian records through the Archives genealogy service.
Native American Genealogy:
    Direction for those seeking Arapaho and other American Indian ancestors.

Books for sale on the Arapaho

Chief Left Hand:
    Biography of the Southern Arapaho leader.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Ordeal:
    History of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.
What You See in Clear Water:
    Life on the Wind River Reservation.
One Hundred Years of Old Man Sage:
    Biography and oral history of an Arapaho elder.
Full Moon Stories:
    Thirteen legends retold by an Arapaho writer/illustrator.
Traditions of the Arapaho * The Four Hills of Life * The Arapaho * Arapaho Child Life:
    Early Days Among the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians * The Arapahoes, Our People:
    Arapaho ethnography/anthropology books.
Massacre at Sand Creek * Sand Creek Massacre * From Sand Creek:
    Song of Sorrow: Massacre at Sand Creek * Month of the Freezing Moon * Soldier Blue:
    Books and a movie about the massacre that happened at Sand Creek.
Cheyenne-Arapaho Education:
    History of education among the Arapahoes and Cheyennes.
Arapahoe Politics, 1851-1978 * Tribal Sovereignty and the Historical Imagination:
    Arapaho and Cheyenne political history.
The Arapaho Indians:
    A research guide and bibliography.
Handbook of North American Indians: Plains Indians:
    Extensive ethnography of the Arapaho and neighboring Indians.
American Indian Books:
    Evolving list of books about Native Americans in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

   Arapaho Indians * Arapaho People:
    Encyclopedia entries about the Arapaho tribe.
   Arapaho Tribe * Arapahos:
    Arapaho links.
   Los Arapahoe * Arapahos ou Gens de Vache:
    Information about the Arapaho tribe in Spanish and French.



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