Gros Ventre

American  

[groh vahnt] / ˈgroʊ ˌvɑnt /

noun

1. a river in W central Wyoming, flowing W to the Snake River. 100 miles (161 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Gentes, a recent transplant to Palm Springs who is descended from the Gros Ventre and Standing Rock tribes, says he hopes that Section 14 survivors get justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024

Andrew Werk Jr., president of the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre Tribes on Montana’s Fort Belknap Reservation, said Republicans’ brusque treatment of Haaland was unfair to her and to Americans.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021

Many oppose allowing the flights over places such as the Gros Ventre and Jedediah Smith wilderness areas.

From Washington Times • Mar. 11, 2020

This rocky outcrop about 250 feet above the western shore of Jenny Lake offers views down onto the lake and east to the Gros Ventre Mountains.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2018

I have frequently seen this sign made by the Arikara, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians at Fort Berthold Agency.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick