Crow Nation
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[[File:Eight Crow prisoners under guard at Crow agency, Montana, 1887 - NARA - 531126.jpg|thumb|250px|"Eight Crow prisoners under guard at Crow agency, Montana, 1887"]] | [[File:Eight Crow prisoners under guard at Crow agency, Montana, 1887 - NARA - 531126.jpg|thumb|250px|"Eight Crow prisoners under guard at Crow agency, Montana, 1887"]] | ||
| − | [[Red Cloud's War]] (1866–1868) was a challenge by the Lakota Sioux to the United States military presence on the [[Bozeman Trail]], a route along the eastern edge of the Big Horn Mountains to the Montana gold fields. Red Cloud's War ended with victory for the Lakota Sioux. The [[ | + | [[Red Cloud's War]] (1866–1868) was a challenge by the Lakota Sioux to the United States military presence on the [[Bozeman Trail]], a route along the eastern edge of the Big Horn Mountains to the Montana gold fields. Red Cloud's War ended with victory for the Lakota Sioux. The [[Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868]] with the United States confirmed the Lakota control over all the high plains from the Black Hills of the Dakotas westward across the [[Powder River Basin]] to the crest of the Big Horn Mountains. Thereafter bands of Lakota Sioux led by [[Sitting Bull]], [[Crazy Horse]] and others, along with their [[Northern Cheyenne]] allies, hunted and raided throughout the length and breadth of [[eastern Montana]] and northeastern [[Wyoming]], which had been for a time ancestral Crow territory. |
On June 25, 1876 the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne achieved a major victory over army forces under Colonel [[George A. Custer]] at the [[Battle of the Little Big Horn]], but the [[Great Sioux War]] (1876–1877) ended in the defeat of the Sioux and their Cheyenne allies. Crow warriors enlisted with the US Army for this war. The Sioux and allies were forced from eastern Montana and Wyoming: some bands fled to [[Canada]], while others suffered forced removal to distant reservations, primarily in present-day South Dakota and Nebraska west of the Missouri River. | On June 25, 1876 the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne achieved a major victory over army forces under Colonel [[George A. Custer]] at the [[Battle of the Little Big Horn]], but the [[Great Sioux War]] (1876–1877) ended in the defeat of the Sioux and their Cheyenne allies. Crow warriors enlisted with the US Army for this war. The Sioux and allies were forced from eastern Montana and Wyoming: some bands fled to [[Canada]], while others suffered forced removal to distant reservations, primarily in present-day South Dakota and Nebraska west of the Missouri River. | ||
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The Crow had a [[matrilineal]] system. After marriage, the couple was [[matrilocal]] (the husband moved to the wife's mother's house upon marriage). Women held a significant role within the tribe. | The Crow had a [[matrilineal]] system. After marriage, the couple was [[matrilocal]] (the husband moved to the wife's mother's house upon marriage). Women held a significant role within the tribe. | ||
| − | [[Crow kinship]] is a system used to describe and define family members. Identified by [[Lewis Henry Morgan]] in his 1871 work ''Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family'', the Crow system is one of the six major types which he described: [[Eskimo kinship|Eskimo]], [[Hawaiian kinship|Hawaiian]], [[Iroquois kinship|Iroquois]], Crow, [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]. | + | [[Crow kinship]] is a system used to describe and define family members. Identified by [[Lewis Henry Morgan]] in his 1871 work ''Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family'', the Crow system is one of the six major types which he described: [[Eskimo kinship|Eskimo]], [[Hawaiian kinship|Hawaiian]], [[Iroquois kinship|Iroquois]], Crow, [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]. |
== The modern Crow Tribe Apsáalooke Nation == | == The modern Crow Tribe Apsáalooke Nation == | ||
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A government agency was established in Crow country, on Mission Creek (Hide Scraper Creek). | A government agency was established in Crow country, on Mission Creek (Hide Scraper Creek). | ||
1870 – | 1870 – | ||
| − | The Crow were expected to move to the reduced territory as defined by the | + | The Crow were expected to move to the reduced territory as defined by the [[Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868]]. |
1872 – | 1872 – | ||
The agency was moved to the Rosebud River, near present day Absarokee, Montana. | The agency was moved to the Rosebud River, near present day Absarokee, Montana. | ||
