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Carl Sweezy was born in 1881 near the Darlington Agency on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation in Indian Territory. His Arapaho name was Wó’oteen (new Arapaho orthography; old spelling - Wattan), meaning "Black." Sweezy's father was Hinan Ba Seth, meaning "Big Man." [1] His tribe still hunted buffalo when he was a child. [3]
Black Coal fought in engagements like the July 1865 Battle of Platte Bridge in which Caspar Collins was killed, and the attack on Fort Phil Kearney in December 1866. [3] In 1865 at the Battle of the Tongue River soldiers attacked Northern Arapaho leader Black Bear's camp of 500 people and killed 35 warriors. Following this, the Arapaho grew ...
Painting of Black Man, an Arapaho warrior with face paint and feathers. By E. A. Burbank, 1899. Ledger drawing of a mounted Arapaho warrior fighting a group of Navajo or Pueblo warriors, c. 1880. A large part of Arapaho society was based around the warrior. Most young men sought this role.
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The Arapaho call themselves Inun-ina meaning "our people" or "people of our own kind." The Arapaho are one of the westernmost tribes of the Algonquian language family. Members of the Northern Arapaho who live on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming call the Oklahoma group Nawathi'neha or "Southerners."
The Arapaho had a camp in the Wind River Valley. A group of white people, along with Shoshone and Bannocks, attacked Black Bear, his family, and his unarmed band as they traveled to Camp Brown (Fort Washakie) for trading. [23] [22] The attack was called the Black Bear Battle. [22] [24] Black Bear and up to 16 others were killed. His wife and ...
Image credits: Photoglob Zürich "The product name Kodachrome resurfaced in the 1930s with a three-color chromogenic process, a variant that we still use today," Osterman continues.
When a woman recognized Friday as her son, he returned to his life with the Arapaho. [1] Friday's life was centered in the Cache la Poudre River area (near present-day Fort Collins). [1] A skilled hunter and warrior, Friday fought against the Ute, Shoshone, and Pawnee people. [1] Called the "Arapaho American" by tribal members, Friday was a ...