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Crow - indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages) and who call themselves the Absaroka, or bird people. They ranged chiefly in the area of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries and were a hunting tribe typical of the Plains cultural area. Their only crop was tobacco, which they used for

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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians » Read Now
by Robert H. Lowie. 308 pgs.

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Myths And Traditions Of The Crow Indians is now reprinted with a new introduction by Peter Nabokov. These concretely detailed accounts served the crow Indians as entertainments, morals lessons, cultural records, and guides to the workings of the universe.
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The Way of the Warrior: Stories of the Crow People » Read Now
by Phenocia Bauerle, Barney Old Coyote Jr., Henry Old Coyote. 129 pgs.

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With vigor and insight, Crow elders tell their favorite stories of the exploits of memorable leaders from years past in The Way of the Warrior. Rousing adventures and unforgettable warriors inhabit these tales: the impetuous Rabbit Child, who rushes to his fate as he keeps a sacred vow; the rise to...
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With vigor and insight, Crow elders tell their favorite stories of the exploits of memorable leaders from years past in The Way of the Warrior. Rousing adventures and unforgettable warriors inhabit these tales: the impetuous Rabbit Child, who rushes to his fate as he keeps a sacred vow; the rise to power and dreaded revenge of Red Bear, one of the greatest and most spiritually powerful Crow leaders; the dazzling success and even greater shame of Spotted Horse; and the legendary bravery of Top of the Mountain.
Decades ago, the storytellers represented in this volume -- including Carl Crooked Arm, Plain Feather, and Cold Wind -- recounted these tales to two Crow brothers, Henry Old Coyote and Barney Old Coyote Jr. The Old Coyote brothers recorded, transcribed, and translated into English the accounts, which have now been edited and introduced by Barney's granddaughter, Phenocia Bauerle. Bauerle's editing has preserved the power of the traditional Crow oral tales and makes them accessible to non-Crow readers,as well. The result is a work that entertains and teaches readers about traditional Crow leaders and their world. This remarkable collection of stories also shows that the values that guided and inspired the Crow people in the past remain meaningful for them today.
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Tribal Government Today: Politics on Montana Indian Reservations (Chap. 4 "The Crow: A Politics of Risk") » Read Now
by James J. Lopach, Margery Hunter Brown, Richmond L. Clow. 193 pgs.

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From Wilderness to Statehood: A History of Montana, 1805-1900 ("The Crow Indians" begins on p. 204) » Read Now
by James McClellan Hamilton, Merrill G. Burlingame, Betty G. Ryan. 627 pgs.

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Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century (Includes discussion of the Crow Indians in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Carroll Van West. 281 pgs.

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Focusing on the Clark's Fork Bottom, a twenty-five-mile stretch between present-day Park City and Billings, Montana, this path breaking study examines the successive stages of capitalist development in Billings and the Yellowstone Valley during the nineteenth century.
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The Crow Indians (1935) » Read Now
by Robert H. Lowie. 350 pgs.

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Old Man Coyote (Crow) » Read Now
by Frank B. Linderman, Herbert Morton Stoops. 258 pgs.

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Trickster and transformer, powerful and vulnerable, Coyote is a complex figure in Indian legend. He was often the ultimate example of how not to be: foolish, proud, self-important. The tales in Old Man Coyote were told by the Crow Indians of present-day southeastern Montana. During long winter...
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Trickster and transformer, powerful and vulnerable, Coyote is a complex figure in Indian legend. He was often the ultimate example of how not to be: foolish, proud, self-important. The tales in Old Man Coyote were told by the Crow Indians of present-day southeastern Montana. During long winter evenings by the lodge fire, they enjoyed hearing about the only warrior ever to visit the Bird Country, the Little-people who adopted a lost boy, the two-faced tribe that gambled for keeps, the marriage of Worm-face, and the origin of the buffalo. Wandering through these well-spun tales is the irrepressible Old Man Coyote, sometimes scoring a coup, sometimes getting his comeuppance.
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Absaraka (Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka): Home of the Crows (1950) » Read Now
by Mrs. Margaret I. Carrington, Milo Milton Quaife. 354 pgs.

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Searching for Structure: Reconstructing Crow Family Life during the Reservation Era, in American Indian Quarterly » Read Now
by Frederick E. Hoxie. 23 pgs.

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