Arikara
enUKA·rik·a·ra
A0422100 (ə-rĭk′ər-ə)A•rik•a•ra
(əˈrɪk ər ə)n., pl. -ras, (esp. collectively) -ra.
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | Arikara - the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara |
单词 | arikara | ||||||
释义 | ArikaraenUKA·rik·a·raA0422100 (ə-rĭk′ər-ə)A•rik•a•ra(əˈrɪk ər ə)n., pl. -ras, (esp. collectively) -ra.
ArikaraenUKArikara(ərĭk`ərə), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languagesNative American languages,languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Archaeological evidence shows that they occupied the banks of the upper Missouri River since at least the 14th cent. A semisedentary group, they lived in earth-covered lodges. In winter they hunted buffalo, returning to their villages for spring planting; the Arikara were influential in bringing agricultural knowledge from the Southwest to the prehistoric peoples of the upper Missouri River. They traded corn with hunting tribes in return for buffalo hides and meat, and they were active in bartering with early white traders, who frequently called them the Rees. They were closely associated with the MandanMandan , indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Mandan were a sedentary tribe of the Plains area and were culturally connected with their neighbors on the Missouri ..... Click the link for more information. and the HidatsaHidatsa , Native North Americans, also known as the Minitari and the Gros Ventre. Their language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). ..... Click the link for more information. ; these three tribes now share the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. There were some 1,600 Arikara in the United States in 1990. BibliographySee D. J. Lehmer, Arikara Archaeology (1968); E. T. Denig, Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri (1975). ArikaraenUK
Synonyms for Arikara
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