Arapaho Indians

Daily Life

• Men are hunters and warriors
• Women are cooks and house builders
• Children did many chores and played games and sports

Population

• Precolonization was 80,000 or more
• Current is 15,000

Location

• Originally in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebaraska, and Kansas
• Now they live in Oklahoma and Wyoming
• They lived on the Great Plains and Mountainous regions

Reservations

• Northern Arapaho live withe Shoshone in Wyoming
• Soutern Arapaho live with the Cheyenne

Food

• Early Arapaho plant corn and hunt nearby animals
• Arapaho with horses followed the buffalo and eat wild fruits and vegetables

Housing

• Tepees
• Made from buffalo hides and wood posts
• 12-24 feet high
• Man lives with his wives and children
• Summer is with tribe winter with smaller bands

Transportation and Clothes

• Used a dog travois and horses
• Women wore split skirts and mantles
• Men wore leggings

Spiritual Belief

• Gods are the Creator and Pipe Keeper
• Tradition are the Sun Dance and Flat Pipe Ritual
• When entering adulthood boys become Kit Foxes and Stars
• Girls stayed only with old women and learned the way of life as a woman

Enemies and Allies

• The Cheyenne and Lakota are allies
• Fought against the Utes, Pawnees, Souix, Kiowa, and Comanche