Plants
This is green and grows outside your home and in the Apsaalooke Language it has the same name for what horses eat.
What is Bikkee (grass or hay)?
This food was part of a fall/winter diet of most plains tribes consisting of berries, animal fat and dried meat to sustain the people during the harsh winter weather when food sources were scarce.
What is Pemmican (Iaxxshe in Crow Language or Ameske in the Northern Cheyenne language)?
This word means “Crawl” in the Apsaalooke Language.
What is Biishé?
The translation of this colors name is “to look like the bird’s beak”.
What is Dakaakapkisshichiche (Purple) ?
Finish the lyrics to this famous round dance song, “I’ve been waiting for far too long. Waiting for you to come around. I think I’m done waiting for you……”
What is “I know you’ll never find another man that can go… weeechaaaala”?
Many Plains Indian Tribes use this plant to make a tea. This plant is also used in most plains Indian Sundance ceremony to ease stomachache when fasting.
What is Shússhua (peppermint)?
Name the missing ingredient for chokecherry pudding in the recipe below. (hint: there is only 1 missing ingredient, it would be sweet if you could figure it out)
1 Cup of Chokecherries
2 Cups of water
1 TBSP of Flour
2 Cups of ???
What is sugar (or honey) or sweetener?
This word means “Fold” in the Crow Language. As in fold a blanket.
What is Chipíhche?
These are the 6 main colors of the Apsaalooke that are used in beadwork.
What is yellow, blue, red, green, pink, and white?
Yellow refers to the sun, blue refers to the sky, red refers to the sun and life, green is the earth, pink also references the early morning dawn and White represents purity.
Unique to the Apsaalooke, this style of music is sung acapella. It’s roots are to the missionary period with recordings as early as the 1920’s.
What are Crow Hymns? Gospel songs were translated into the Crow language with lyrics given divenly through fasting and prayer.
This is found in the mountains and used in ceremony for smudging. It can also be used to make medicinal tea. Hint: It’s Crow name sounds like the same word for face.
What is Bear Root (Iisée)?
Name at least 3 common “berries” used to make berry pudding or in the Crow Language “balapiia”. In the Sioux language it is called, “wojapi”.
What is Chokecherries, Plums, Raspberries, Blueberries and Buffalo Berries?
This word means “Climb” in the Apsaalooke Language.
What is Aáchiwe?
Name the flag colors of the Northern Cheyenne people and the significance of the symbol on their flag.
What is Blue and White?
The significance of the Morning Star is in reference to the people’s name as in children of the Morning Star, some believe the morning star to reference Creator.
These songs are specific to the Cheyenne people and are sung during a specific ceremony in increments of 4. Four sessions with 4 songs sung at each session using only a gourd.
What are sweat lodge songs?
This is the Apsaalooke name for this plant that grows wild and can be found domesticated in many gardens. Colorful, a variety of sizes and some can smell beautiful. Beaders often bead them in their beadwork designs. Especially earrings.
What is Flower Baaapáalikshe?
This delicacy among most Plains Indian tribes is still eaten today. It is cut up meat stuffed into the intestines of the buffalo or cow and then fire roasted then boiled.
What is shiboola (in the Apsaalooke language) which is like a sausage?
This word means “stir” in the Crow Language?
What is Páapiia?
This is the type of painting seen in modern times on horses during Indian relay. The original form of this painting is derived from this practice.
What is war-horse practices?
These songs specific to the Crow Tribe are sung to a certain age group of people with some lyrics depicting a rabbit, a boy jumping into the water, birds and other fun scenes. Some lyrics to this type of music describe love, some describe life lessons.
What are Crow Lullabies?
It is used in indigenous ceremony for cleansing. It has an aromatic fragrance.
What is Flat Cedar (baalahkápe in the Apsaalooke language)?
Name at least 3 of the 6 following place settings in the Apsaalooke Language. Plate, Bowl, Cup, Fork, Spoon, Knife.
What is Plate: Eewiaxsée?
What is Bowl: Baatóhkape?
What is Cup: Iiwilisshiio?
What is Fork: Bítchiisahte?
What is Spoon: Iihúppiiluusuua?
What is Knife: Bitchiia?
This word means “come here” in the Apsaalooke Language.
What is Huua?
Most Native American Tribes have adopted the Native American Church (NAC) into their culture. The red and blue colors represent this in the NAC.
What is Day and Night?
The Day is represented by the Red for the Sun and the Blue represents the night sky.
Every Tribe has their own version of this type of song with lyrics that usually depict warriors, victory in battles, Tribal Pride, war deeds and the like.
What are Tribal Flag songs?