ARAPAHO IN NEBRASKA

THIS PLAINS INDIANS OCCUPIED THIS AREA FOR 1,000'S OF YEARS. THIS STATE HAD EIGHT INDIAN TERRITORIES, BUT ONLY SIX EXIST TODAY. THE ARAPAHO LIVED HERE IN THE WEST PART OF THIS STATE. IN PREHISTORIC TIMES THE ARIKARA LIVED HERE.

THE ARAPAHO AND PAWNEE SIGNED TREATIES IN 1854. FROM 1854 TO 11892 18 TREATIES WERE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT AND NEBRASKA. THE ARAPAHO LIVED IN THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTH OF AND NORTH OF PLATTE RIVER. THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED FEDERAL RECOGNITION. THEY SPEAK ALGONQUIAN AND ARE CLOSE TO THE CHEYENNE. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL DANCE. THEY ARE A TYPICAL PLAINS TRIBE. HUNTING WAS IMPORTANT FOR FOOD, SHELTER, TRADE AND CLOTHING. THEY HUNTED BUFFALO . THEY ALSO GATHERED PLANTS AND BERRIES. THEY MADE THEIR UTENSILS FROM BONES. THEY LIVED IN TIPIS FROM BUFFALO HIDES LONG AGO. THEY MADE BEDS BY WEAVING WILLOW RODS THAT WERE PEELED AND RAWAS ABOUT 1' FROM THE FLOOR. DURING WINTER WOMEN BUILT WINDBREAKS AROUND TIPIS TO KEEP OUT SNOW AND WIND. SMALL TREES WERE TIED TOGETHER FOR SNOW BREAKS..

THEY MADE CLOTHING FROM DEERSKIN. THEY MADE JEWELRY FROM SHELL, BONE, AND FEATHERS. THEY BELIEVED PEOPLE WERE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO THINK BY THE CREATOR. THEY USED DOGS TO PULL THEIR SLEDS AND MOVE BELONGINGS.

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