Arikara
Americannoun
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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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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
Fredericks, of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, was spotted playing in Hollywood by some scouts.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
The rhythm that the Arikara, the Hidatsa and later the Lakota and Dakota followed when they used these lands as their summer hunting grounds, following herds of bison.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 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
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
He stopped to trade with the Arikaras, in present South Dakota; they suddenly attacked him, rolled him up, and stopped him completely.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
They traveled across country, through central Wyoming, and struck the Platte; paddled down the Platte in hide boats that they made—and ran right into the Arikaras.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
With the Sioux and Chippewas we had kept up friendly relations, but these were Arikaras, our bitterest foes.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules
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