Arikara

[ uh-rik-er-uh ]

noun

, plural A·rik·a·ras, (especially collectively) A·rik·a·ra

1. a member of a group of North American Indians of Pawnee origin who now inhabit the Dakota region.
2. the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara.

Example Sentences

The Arikara were, some centuries ago, in northern Nebraska, but migrated gradually up the river.

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The following account is from information given by several persons of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes.

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And the common pictograph to represent the Arikara among all the surrounding tribes was a conventionalised ear of corn.

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Omaha legend credits the Arikara with first having corn and with having distributed to other tribes.

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The Arikara and Mandan on the upper Missouri were the great agricultural tribes of this region.

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