ARAPAHO INDIANS

THESE FOLKS TRADITIONALLY LIVED ON THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE CHEYENNE AND LOOSELY ALIGNED THE SIOUX. THEY WERE TYPICALLY PEACEFUL INDIANS. THEY SPEAK AN ALGONQUIN. SINCE 1878 THE NORTHERN ARAPAHO HAVE LIVED WITH THE EASTERN SHOSHONE ON THE WIND RIVER RESERVATION. TOGETHER THEIR MEMBERS ARE ENROLLED AS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED. THERE IS NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST WHEN THEY ENTERED CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY MOST LIKELY CAME FROM MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA. THEY LIVED IN TIPIS MADE OF BUFFALO HIDES. A VILLAGE COULD PACK UP IN AN HOUR TO LEAVE. THEY USED DOGS TO PULL THEIR TRAVOIS. THEY RAIDED OTHER TRIBES FOR HORSES. THEY RAIDED THE PAWNEE AND SHAWNEE. THEY SOLD FURS AND HORSES TO OTHER TRIBES. AN ARAPAHO FIRST CHIEF "LEFT HAND" HEARD THAT LAND FROM INDIAN TRUST WAS TO BE TAKEN AWAY. HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS TRAVELED A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THEIR RESERVATION. SOME ARAPAHO DEVELOPED RUNNING SKILLS- THEY RAN FROM LIMA COLORADO TO ETHETE, WYOMING. SOME THEIR ANCESTORS HAD BEEN FORCED TO RUN BECAUSE OF BEING CHASED BY THE ARMY. AFTER THIS THEY MADE ALLIES WITH THE SHOSHONI. AND STILL LIVE WITH THEM ON THEIR LAND. IN 2005 THEY BUILT A CASINO. WIKIPEDIA.ORG