Arikara
Americannoun
plural
Arikaras,plural
Arikara-
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.
Example Sentences
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A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.
From Scientific American • Nov. 14, 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
Fredericks, of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, was spotted playing in Hollywood by some scouts.
From New York Times • May 9, 2022
The reservation’s three tribes — the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara — trace their roots in the area to long before the first European settlers.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021
“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
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