Little Raven

About the tribe

• TRIBE NAME: SOUTHERN ARAPAHO
• RELIGION: NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH AND CHRISTIAITY
• LIVED WITH THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE
• MOST MEN WANTED TO BECOME WARRIORS
• RESIDED IN OAKLAHOMA

bRIEF hISTORY

• HISTORY LABELS THEM AS "PEACEFUL"
• THIS IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY USUALLY WERE TOWARDS THE U.S.
• MOST TRIBES KNEW THAT THE ARAPAHOS WERE GREAT WARRIORS
• WERE VICTIMS OF THE FAMOUS THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE
• INFLUX OF SETTLERS ULTIMATELY SPLIT THE ARAPAHO TRIBE IN HALF

SAND CREEK MASSACRE

• an attack by the Colorado militia
• led by Colonel John Chivington
• November 29, 1864
• cause: the long conflict for control of the Great Plains

WAY OF LIFE

• THE WOMEN WERE IN CHARGE OF THE HOME
• THIS INCLUDED COOKING, CLEANING, AND LITERALLY MOVING THEIR TEEPEES
• THE MEN WERE HUNTERS AND WARRIORS
• THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR FEEDING AND DEFENDING THEIR FAMILY
• ONLY MEN WERE ALLOWED TO BECOME CHEIFS

CLOTHING

• WOMEN WORE SPLIT SKIRTS OR LONG BUCKSKIN DRESSES
• MEN WORE BREECHCLOTH  AND LEGGINGS
• SHIRTS WEREN'T NECCESARRY
• THOUGH WOMEN FREQUENTLY WORE MANTLES
• WORE MOCCASINS FOR SHOES

aPPEARANCE

• BOTH GENDERS WORE HAIR IN TWO PONYTAILS USUALLY
• MEN WRAPPED FEATHERS IN HAIR
• WOMEN PAINTED HAIR RED
• BOTH GENDERS PAINTED THEIR FACES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS
• PATTERS WERE DIFFERENT FOR EACH OCCASION

fOOD sOURCE AND DIET

• WERE CORN FARMERS AND HUNTERS
• ONCE THEY ACQUIRED HORSES THEY MOSTLY HUNTED
• DIET CONSISTED OF MOSTLY MEATS LIKE BUFFALO, DEER, AND ELK
• THEY ALSO COLLECTED CHOKECHERRIES, FRUITS, AND ROOTS
• MEAT WAS COOKED IN PITS OR DRIED INTO JERKY

transportation

• TRAVELED OVER LAND
• USED DOGS PULLING TRAVOIS (SLEDS)
• ONCE INTRODUCED TO HORSES BECAME EXPERTS
• THIS ALLOWED THEM TO TRAVEL GREATER DISTANCES

weapons

• THEIR WEAPONS WERE BASICALLY BOWS AND ARROWS 
• ARAPAHOS WERE FAMOUS FOR THEIR SKILLS IN SHOOTING ARROWS
• WARRIORS ALSO USED SPEARS AND HIDE SHIELDS 

LIttle raveN

• TRADITIONAL ARAPAHO CHIEF
• SIGNER OF THE 1867 MEDICINE LODGE TREATY
• SOUGHT AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND INSTRUCTION FROM THE U.S.
• WAS A PART OF THE BATTLE OF PLATTE BRIDGE

Sources

• "The Arapaho Tribe." The Arapaho Tribe. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2014.
• Coel, Margaret. Chief Left Hand, Southern Arapaho. Norman: U of Oklahoma, 2000. Print.
• "Little Raven - Arapaho Indian Chief." Little Raven - Arapaho Indian Chief. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2014.
• "Little Raven (ca. 1810-1889)." LITTLE RAVEN . N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2014.