Arikara
Americannoun
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Arikaras,
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Arikara
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a member of a group of North American Indians of Pawnee origin who now inhabit the Dakota region.
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the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara.
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The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 24, 2023
Additional research showed that flaring rates on Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation lands atop the oil-rich Bakken formation were extremely high compared to public and tribal lands outside of North Dakota.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
Mark Fox, tribal chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, welcomed the change, telling The Bismarck Tribune that the slur “really causes serious and strong emotions and resistance to that term.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Ms. White, a painter, gallery owner and a member of the Arikara tribe, said she felt let down by female elected leaders in South Dakota, which is led by Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
“For sure. But you know what? I’ll bet, except for a few Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, and Arikara people who come here, no one has the connection to this place that you do.”
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
Fearing that the Arikaras would find the party if they stayed, Henry left two men—probably, though not definitely, Jim Bridger and a companion named Fitzpatrick—with Glass, to bury him when he inevitably died.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2015
He was eventually killed, apparently by the Arikaras, near the Missouri River, in 1833.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2015
The Arikaras understood this sign, and they afterwards used it in talking to me.
By the flickering light of a camp-fire I saw the Arikaras sitting around and calmly smoking their pipes.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Jules Lermina
The Arikaras make the sign for brave by striking the clinched fist forcibly toward the ground in front of and near the breast.
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