Arapaho Indians The Arapaho Indians are a commonly known Native American tribe. Their name according to the Pawnee means “trader” or from the Crow it means “tattooed people”. The Arapaho tribe was known to live in the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming. Soon after the Plains culture was put into effect the tribe decided to split into two different tribes: the Northern Arapahos and the Southern Arapahos. The Northern Arapaho continue to live in Wyoming, while the Southern Arapaho lives with the Southern Cheyenne, in which the tribe were close allies during the Indian Wars, in Oklahoma. Unfortunately, there isn’t a direct historical evidence to show when or how the Arapahos came into the Plains culture area. It is said that before the European …show more content…
The women took their time to make these out of buffalo hide. Because they were nomadic people, the tipis must be built properly so that they would be able to leave easily and quickly. They did have well trained horses in order to complete their greatness of hunting. They hunted buffalo mainly, but also didn’t let elk and deer of the hook. Women who were unmarried stayed close to their home and helped their mothers with their work. They would get water for their family and gather firewood. While doing this work, their mother’s would teach them how to one day be a married woman and a mom to their future kids. Unmarried men who were old enough began to do things outside of their home. They would care for their horses, hunt animals, and would help the men above them. Married adult women would have to manage doing hard more intensive work than before. The biggest thing they would do is build the tipis for her new family. Along with, tending to all the meats that were brought in, and going out and collecting berries and vegetables. Married men still continued to care for the horses and hunted, but they began to engage in warrior actions and securing their camp. Depending on what they did, depended on their age. In the higher and intermediate ages, they could be chosen to be a warrior or the military police. In the older ages, they would move up to being military leaders. As a husband and wife started moving in to the senior age, they would then take on ceremonial duties