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Definition of Arikara
1. Noun. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
2. Noun. The Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arikara
Literary usage of Arikara
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"TRADITIONS OF THE Arikara. Collected Under the Auspices of the ... This pamphet
treats of the origin of the Arikara. The people were underground for many ..."
2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"[118] 11 Notes upon the following subjects mentioned in this chapter are found
in Bradbury's Travels, vol. v of our series: Arikara Indians, notes 76 and 83 ..."
3. The Cahokia and Surrounding Mound Groups by David Ives Bushnell (1904)
"Heart River sites as were seen were not of Arikara origin, for the deposits in each
... If the Arikara had just separated from the Pawnees at the time of ..."
4. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"As a matter of fact, I believe the closest resemblance obtains between the Arikara
Foxes and the Cheyenne Coyotes (897). This reduces the number of Arikara ..."
5. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1922)
"Arikara. When or where the Arikara separated from their kindred tribe, the Pawnee,
may never be determined, but during the years which followed the ..."
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