Gros Ventres
A Gros Ventre named Assiniboin Boy. Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Edward Sheriff Curtis ( February 16, 1868 &ndash October 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native
Total population
3,682 (2000 census)
Regions with significant populations
United States (Montana)
Languages
English, Atsina
Religions
Christianity, other
Related ethnic groups
Arapaho, Cheyenne

The Gros Ventre (from French: big belly) are a Native American tribe located in northcentral Montana, also known as the Atsina, which is considered an inaccurate and derogatory name. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Arapaho language (also Arapahoe is a Plains Algonquian language (an areal rather than genetic grouping spoken almost entirely by elders in Wyoming Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings The Arapaho (in French: Gens de Vache) tribe of Native Americans historically living on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taa'e (more commonly French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern There are currently 3,682 members and they share Fort Belknap Indian Reservation with the Assiniboine, their historical enemies. The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in north-central Montana, USA. The Assiniboine, also known by the Ojibwe name Asiniibwaan "Stone Sioux" and the Cree as Asinîpwât are a Siouan Gros Ventre is a name that was given to the people by the French who misinterpreted their sign language. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Instead, the Gros Ventre people refer to themselves as A'ani or A'aninin, which means "white clay people". The Arapaho and the A'aninin were a single large tribe that lived along the Red River valley in northern Minnesota and Canada. The Arapaho (in French: Gens de Vache) tribe of Native Americans historically living on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming In the early 1700s the large tribe split into two; forming the A'aninin and the Arapaho. The Arapaho went south and the A'aninin stayed in the Saskatchewan region. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276

Atsina is thought to be a Blackfoot word for "gut people", the other Arapaho who considered them inferior called them Hitúnĕna, meaning "beggars". The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi (meaning "original people" c [1] Other interpretations have yielded the terms "hunger", "waterfall", and "big bellies".

At the time of first contact with Europeans in 1754, the Gros Ventre ranged the Canadian Prairies around the Saskatchewan River Forks. The Canadian Prairies is a region in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions natural or political Saskatchewan River Forks refers to the area in Canada where the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers merge to create the Saskatchewan River Long time enemies of the Cree and Assiniboine they were forced to withdraw from what is now Canada during the first half of the nineteenth century due to the acquisition of guns by the Cree from the Hudson's Bay Company. Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw The Assiniboine, also known by the Ojibwe name Asiniibwaan "Stone Sioux" and the Cree as Asinîpwât are a Siouan Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw In response the Gros Ventre had, in about 1793, attacked and burnt the Hudson's Bay Company post at South Branch House on the South Saskatchewan River near present day St. Louis, Saskatchewan. The South Saskatchewan River (French rivière Saskatchewan Sud) is a major river in Canada that flows through the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan disambiguation for saints named St Louis and other uses see Saint Louis St The tribe moved south to the Milk River and were associated with the Blackfoot. Milk River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 729 mi (1173 km long in the U The Gros Ventre adopted the Plains culture with its horses and guns and followed the bison for food. Because they refused to receive their treaty payments at Fort Peck along with their enemies, the Sioux, the U. Sioux (pronounced SUE are a Native American and First Nations people S. government established Fort Belknap in 1878, near present Chinook, Montana. Fort Belknap Agency is a Census-designated place (CDP in Blaine County, Montana, in the United States. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Chinook is a city in and the County seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States. In 1888, the Blackfoot, Assiniboine and Gros Ventre ceded much of their lands and the much smaller Fort Belknap Reservation was established which the Gros Ventre share with the Assiniboine. By 1904 there were only 535 tribe members. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The current reservation government has a council which includes four officers as well as four members from each tribe.

See also

• Theresa Lamebull

External links

• Gros Ventre history on official website
• Atsina from Lewis and Clark at National Geographic. Theresa Elizabeth (Chandler White Weasel Walker Lamebull, (1896? &ndash August 2007 was reputedly a supercentenarian believed to have been be the oldest living member of the Gros com
• Encyclopedia of North American Indians
• Gros Ventres history