Arapaho Tribe Research Paper

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In the Great Planes of America there was a tribe of Indians known as the Arapaho Indians. There is little documentation as to when or where they came from but it is known they were in many different places in the Midwest including Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas and Colorado. The Arapaho Indians were nomadic people who survived on hunting buffalo and gathering. This tribe was greatly changed when they were introduced to horses. The horses provided them a new way to hunt battle and travel. The horse became the symbol and center of Arapaho nomadic life: people traded for them, raided for them, defined wealth in terms of them and made life easier. In prehistoric America horse remains have been found that show they covered our great plains and were evolved to be able to eat the harsh vegetation of the area. The evidence of horses go back 54 million years. Without reason it seems this creature vanished from the area and not to be seen or have signs for the last ten thousand years. There are many theories as to what happened to them. One of the theories is that the horse died out due to disease. Another …show more content…

Each Arapaho passed through the stages with the responsibilities and privileges of females and males transitioning at each stage. The “four hills” were viewed as being in harmony with the four seasons, the four cardinal directions, and solar movements. The Arapaho believed in reincarnation. A child born with a scar may have been seen as the reincarnation of an individual who was wounded in life. The Arapaho believed that thoughts had power and could manifest in the physical world. This belief led to such things as taboos on speaking about illness or pregnancy. To simply talk about certain things was believed to manifest them. Children’s dolls were sexless, wore non-descript buckskin, and could not represent infants, because, such pretend play might cause

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