Arapaho

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/arapaho

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary historical territory?Great Plains region, including parts of present-day Colorado and Wyoming
2. What is the major tribal alliances?Close allies with the Cheyenne; loosely aligned with the Lakota and Dakota
3. Who are the Arapaho people?The Arapaho are a Native American tribe that lived on the Great Plains, in areas that are now Colorado and Wyoming. They were known for following the bison and living in the grasslands.
4. Where did the Northern and Southern Arapaho live?The Northern Arapaho settled on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, while the Southern Arapaho moved to Oklahoma and joined the Cheyenne.

Subsistence Economy: An economy based on providing the basic necessities for survival, such as food, shelter, and clothing.
Intertribal Relations: The interactions, alliances, and conflicts between different Native American tribes.
Self-Determination: The right of a people to govern themselves and make their own decisions about their future.