Crow Tribe

The Crow also called the Absaroka or Absáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana.

The Crow language is a member of the Missouri Valley Siouan languages.

The shelters Crow Indians had were tepees made with buffalo skins and wooden poles. Inside they had mattresses to sleep on along the borders of their shelters, and a fire place, which the smoke would escape from through a hole in the top of the tepee.

Clothing the Crow wore would depend on gender. Women wouldn't dress very fancy because they were mostly around their shelters. They wore dresses made of mountain sheep or deer skins, decorated with elk teeth. They would cover their legs with leggings and their feet with moccasins. Crow women had short hair, unlike the men. The men dressed differently, with a shirt, trimmed leggings with a belt, a robe, and moccasins on their feet. Their hair was actually long, and sometimes decorated with certain items.

Further Reading

• The World of the Crow Indians, As Driftwood Lodges, Rodney Frey, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1987, hardback, ISBN 0-8061-2076-2