Crow Tribe Culture and Traditions

Crow Culture and Traditions. JAMES LINK FOR FIRST NATION FOODS BUSINESS https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=111807328420357&set=a.111805821753841&type=3&mibextid=YsHG2a He is creating a natural and nutritious fruit leather brand. PETER SANTANELLO’S CROW RESERVATION VIDEO https://youtu.be/LON6eGikrKk Traditions: Apsaalooke- “Children of the Large Beak Bird” (name of the Crow people). giving away first kill to clan uncle, giving food to generations, food offerings for spirits to eat a small amount, it is all a cycle. Not wearing orange while hunting. Some friction, views of non-tribal people needing to respect the Crow and respect the lands. Elk can sense energy waves rf waves). Horses. Social media allowing people to help others and help w/ issues. Living in multiple worlds, modern world, conveniences, ancestral cultural food systems. Chief by going to battle, many modern veterans high enlisting group on military, sports, basketball. Living in 3 worlds. Medicine man Frank Fruscrow. Vision Quests- fasting, pipe smoke, ceremony of rocks getting heated from prayer only no fire. Time & worlds all exist at the same time, Gregorian time is linear, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity the faster you go time slows down itself until it comes to a halt, it can be spliced to go backwards. Tribal Government is a colonial construct and they make the laws and ordinances, it is a foreign concept in Crow Country. Historically used Teepees not permanent housing structures and teepees has more flexibility to change out non-working or broken parts- women would be keepers of the home putting up poles and entire lodging. Families may move in together during hardships. Feeding everyone in the home offering guests the best foods and it is culturally offensive to offer lesser foods or decline the best that is being offered. Needs for tribal cultural jurisdictions to be enforced, warriors used to enforce policies surrounding crimes and illegal activities historically. Plenty Coups (chief, quote) “With education you are the White Man’s equal and without it you are his victim.” Outcasted educated people who return- trying to change the status quo, the 80 hour club works 80 hr per wk and you never see them at work, comfortable people don’t want to change anything because they are getting nice checks. Leaders get voted in and the ones with largest families likely win and are hard to get voted out. Foreign concepts to make people fight. Crow Fairgrounds- where Crow Fair is held the 3rd wk of August ea year, Powwow, rodeo, parades, teepees set up throughout the valley making it the teepee capital, 100yo festival. Newly caught horses in corral to ride one until stand still, there were deaths, it is a sport, games of war games in the culture, men would stand in the corral and tried to ride and tame the horse when they were all released into the corral. Regalia- elk teeth worn by women show husband is a good (SORRY THIS PART WAS ACCIDENTALLY DELETED) iding going for leases to extract resources from the land. Lodge Grass valley of the chiefs- Oshoajikcha. Food as medicines. Per tradition food was made with protein, fat and berries, pemican. JAMES LINK FOR FIRST NATION FOODS BUSINESS https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=111807328420357&set=a.111805821753841&type=3&mibextid=YsHG2a He is creating a natural and nutritious fruit leather brand. PETER SANTANELLO’S CROW RESERVATION VIDEO https://youtu.be/LON6eGikrKk