Apsáalooke
Apsáalooke noun: the Crow tribe.
Noun
Apsáalooke pl (plural only)
- the Crow tribe
- The Apsáalooke were not alone in their struggle. They maintained alliances, though not always secure, with the Hidatsa, the Nez Percé, the Salish, and the Shoshoni. In 1805 more than one hundred Shoshoni traveled with the Apsáalooke for much of the year.1987, Rodney Frey, The World of the Crow Indians: As Driftwood Lodges, University of Oklahoma Press, page 19
- In the Field Museum’s new exhibition “Apsáalooke Women and Warriors,” the story of one Native American people, more widely known as the Crow of the northwest plains, is told by members of the community.
- And it includes not just objects from the Apsáalooke (ahp-SAH-luh-guh) past and pictures of the departed but also the work of living artists and photos of living people, a reminder that the Crow people aren’t relics of history but part of a continuing story.2020 March 12, Steve Johnson, “‘Apsáalooke Women and Warriors’ is Field Museum’s first major show curated by a Native American scholar”, in The Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 01 Jun...
Forms of Apsáalooke
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Origin of Apsáalooke
Unadapted borrowing from Crow Apsáalooke.
Questions about Apsáalooke
- What does Apsáalooke mean?
- Apsáalooke means the Crow tribe.
- What part of speech is Apsáalooke?
- Apsáalooke is a noun.
Words near Apsáalooke in the dictionary
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