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  Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Gros Ventre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Algonquian-speaking Gros Ventre Indian tribe occupies the Fort Belknap Reservation, which it shares with the Assiniboines in north central Montana.
There are approximately three thousand enrolled Gros Ventres, with 1,385 members residing on the reservation.
Scholars and early explorers have often confused the Gros Ventres of the River, also known as the Hidatsas, with the Gros Ventres of Fort Belknap.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_013700_grosventre.htm   (768 words)

  
 Native Americans: Gros Ventre History and Culture
As a complement to our Gros Ventre language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Gros Ventre people and various aspects of their society.
Gros Ventre history is interesting and important, but the Gros Ventre are still here today, too, and we have tried to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
Biographies of nineteen Arikara and Gros Ventre Indian men from the 19th century.
www.native-languages.org /gros_culture.htm   (394 words)

  
 Gros Ventre on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Gros Ventre in the Canadian fur trade: a response to Thomas F. Schilz.
The Gros Ventres in the Canadian fur trade: a response to Theodore Binnema.
Liban: attentat à la voiture piégée près de Beyrouth, gros dégâts matériels
www.encyclopedia.com /html/g/grosv1ent.asp   (466 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Gros Ventre (North American Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia
Gros Ventre[grO vaN´tru] Pronunciation Key [Fr.,=big belly], name used by the French for two quite distinct Native North American groups.
One was the Atsina, a detached band of the Arapaho, whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages); the other was the Hidatsa, whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock.
See R. Flannery, The Gros Ventres of Montana (2 vol., 1953–57).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GrosVent.html   (282 words)

  
 Gros Ventre
The Gros Ventre tribe has been referred by several incorrect names throughout history.Some of these names include Rapid Indians, Willow Indians, Atsinas, Big Bellies, and Waterfall Indians.The Gros Ventres of Fort Belknap refer to themselves as the A’nai’, meaning “White Clay People.”
They also traded between other tribes to supplement their needs.
Hoxie, Frederick E.Encyclopedia of North American Indians; Native American History, Culture, and Life from Paleo-Indians to the Present.R970.1; En1:Copyright 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/gros_ventre.html   (133 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Power and Performance in Gros Ventre War Expedition Songs (Canadian Ethnology Service Mercury Series Paper ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Amazon.com: Power and Performance in Gros Ventre War Expedition Songs (Canadian Ethnology Service Mercury Series Paper 114): Books
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Power and Performance in Gros Ventre War Expedition Songs (Canadian Ethnology Service Mercury Series Paper 114) (Paperback)
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