Faculty and students at Little Big Horn College have been compiling Crow place names and the narratives associated with them in an ongoing project that began in 1996. Over five hundred names have been recorded. The majority are within historic Crow Territory but some are as far away as central Alberta, Utah, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C.
You can search the database by entering an Apsáalooke or English place name or by initial letter of Apsáalooke name or by State or Reservation District.
English literal translation:Where Ice Was Laid Down
English name: “Lodge Grass Area-WHERE EXACTLY?”
Aaleshikupash Isalasáh te
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Crooked Arm's Coulee
English name: “Crooked Arm Creek”
Aaluhpisaash Isalasáh te
Named after the original allottee.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Big Shoulderblade's Coulee
English name: “Shoulderblade Creek”
Aashaammatchiia
Ammatchiia' means the mouth of the river and is used to refer to the nearest mouth of a river.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Rivers Meet
English name: “Sun River”
Aashaashúuxaape
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Flathead River
English name: “Big Hole River”
Aashalatatche
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The River Is Straight
English name: “Madison River”
Aashalaxxua
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Rivers Mix
English name: “Three Forks”
Aashapaaliia (1)
Porcupine Creek, near Forsyth, MT.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Porcupine River
English name: “Porcupine Creek”
Aashapaaliia (2)
Creek that flows from Rattlesnake Butte, near Billings.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Porcupine River
Aashawua
North end of Medicine Bow Range near Riverside, WY.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:(Round) Valley (Mountain)
English name: “Platte Ridge”
Aashawua Atté
Prominent Knoll on Rotten Grass Creek. An historic camping spot and landmark for travelers. A half-way point to stop at for travelers going between the communities of St. Xavier and Lodge Grass. Today used for recreational purposes.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Point In The Valley
Aashbacheeitche
Named because of the large number of chiefs who settled in Lodge Grass Valley when the present reservation was formed.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Valley Of The Chiefs
English name: “Lodge Grass District”
Aashbalaxxiia
Translated as "Gun River" in book, since the original name for "bow" became "gun" and bows were then known as bala'xxiikaashe/real gun.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Bow River
English name: “Marias River”
Aashbatshua
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Treacherous River
English name: “Upper Little Bighorn River”
Aashbikkaashée
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Grass Lodge (Shoshone) River
English name: “Shoshone River”
Aashbilíihkupe
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Whirlpool River
English name: “Yellowstone River”
Aashcheetbacheeitche
A tributary of the Platte River, WY.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Wolf Chief River
Aashchixxuá
Creek in Yellowstone N.P.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:River That Laps Over Itself
English name: “Hell Roaring Creek”
Aashilitshia
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Stinking River
English name: “Shoshone River”
Aashisee
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Big River
English name: “Missouri River”
Aashkaatashalaichchishkaluua
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Ran Away From Camp Creek
English name: “Big Coulee Creek”
Aashkaatasshee
Favorite camping area.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Creek Camp
English name: “Big Sandy”
Aashkaatawachiia
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Badger Creek
English name: “Teton River”
Aashkaatbaaaaxuahiluua
The handgame originated when some young Crow men were scouting in the hills within the Black Lodge District. They came upon two hills, on the sides of these two hills facing each other were ghosts chanting back and forth across the gully between them. They were playing the handgame, but instead of losing sticks they lost they lost a ghost player, until there was no one left on one of the sides. At this point the winners would call out a name and collect a soul. The young men witnessing this game, took it home with them and soon imitated the motions and songs. Over time this became the handgame we know today.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Hand Game Creek
English name: “Ash Creek”
Aashkaatbáachiihawate
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:One Pine Creek
English name: “Lone Pine Creek”
Aashkaatbaakaxpe
Tributary of Owl Creek.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Lizard/Salamander Creek
English name: “Beaver Creek”
Aashkaatbaalahkápe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Cedar Creek
English name: “Glendive Creek”
Aashkaatbakache
Dry Creek of the Missouri River.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Dry Creek
English name: “Dry Fork of the Missouri”
Aashkaatbakaxpe
Beauvais Creek as it flows from its origin by Little Mountain.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana(Little Mountain)
English literal translation:Where The Creek Flows Parallel
English name: “Beauvais Creek”
Aashkaatbishchiwaalaatuua
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:They Painted Blankets Creek
English name: “Painted Robe Creek”
Aashkaatdakaake
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Bird Creek
English name: “Bird Creek”
Aashkaatduupe
Deer Creek, east of Big Timber, MT. Big Sky Water Slide exit on I-90. Site where Pretty Eagle returned from a successful war party. Two creeks (Deer and Little Deer) flow down the same drainage, thus why Crows refer to it as Two Creeks.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Two Creeks
English name: “Deer Creek and Little Deer Creek”
Aashkaatiiooshee
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Dipper Creek
English name: “Beauvais Creek”
Aashkaatiisahchaxuuwe
South fork of the Shoshone River, WY.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Sage Creek
English name: “Sage Creek”
Aashkaatshipia (1)
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Mud Creek
English name: “Muddy Creek”
Aashkaatshipia (2)
Tributary of the Little Bighorn River.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Mud Creek
English name: “Mud Creek”
Aashkaatshipia (3)
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Mud Creek
English name: “Owl Creek”
Aashkaatxawiia
Creek in Red Lodge area, flows into Yellowstone River.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Bad Creek
English name: “WHERE IS THIS?”
Aashkalishte (1)
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Young River
English name: “Youngs Creek”
Aashkalishte (2)
Location: Other areas in the United States district, North Dakota
English literal translation:Young River
English name: “Little Missouri”
Aashkuale
This term is also used to for Sheridan, WY, since the river flows through this town.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Middle River
English name: “Goose River”
Aashúuchoosalaho (1)
Near Metra-Park, Billings, MT. Where many people who died from the smallpox epidemic of 1837 were interred.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are Many (Human) Skulls
English name: “Place Of Skulls Rimrock”
Aashúuchoosalaho (2)
Named after the practice, started by the leader Tip Of Fur, of piling buffalo skulls after successful buffalo jumps in the area.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are Many (Buffalo) Skulls
English name: “Dry Head”
Aashúuwaalaaxash Annaaksheeiilitché
Area near road to Ok-a-beh by Pretty Eagle Point.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Crazy Head Struck Coup
Aashúuwaalaaxash Isalasáh te
Named after original allottee.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Crazy Head's Coulee
English name: “Crazy Creek”
Aashúuwaalaaxash Isbahee (1)
Springs between Lame Deer and Ashland where Crazy Head fasted, mourning the death of his wife.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Crazy Head Spring
English name: “Crazy Head Springs”
Aashúuwaalaaxash Isbahee (2)
Spring on a tributary of the Little Bighorn River, north of Wyola.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Crazy Head's Spring
English name: “Crazy Head Spring”
Aashúuxaapbiash Alakulúua
Named because a warparty led by Flathead Woman was pursued by Northern Cheyenne and eventually caught at this site.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Flathead Woman Was Chased
English name: “Area on Davis Creek”
Aashxaawe
Pow-Wow area near Lodge Pole, MT
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Creeks Fork
Achikkéesh Alaihchipúa
Where Bow String Hold miraculously jumped across the canyon on horseback to avoid pursuing enemies. A cairn marks where he jumped from and another one marks where he landed.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Bow String Hold Jumped
English name: “Dryhead Canyon”
Akalatshiihile Alahaawiio
Hayfield Fight, August 1, 1867
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Gardners Were Annihilated
English name: “Hayfield Fight Battlefield”
Akbilitchishée Aashkaate
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Hawthorne Bushes Creek
English name: “Buffalo Creek”
Akússe Okahpe
Box canyon on east side of the Bighorn River behind the Yellowtail Dam. Provided the English name for the marina--Ok-a-beh.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Extended Basin
English name: “Box Canyon/Ok-a-beh”
Alaatchiawacheeitche (1)
A favorite camping spot on the upper east end of Lime Kiln Creek. Named after the shade produced by the thick box elder grove in this area.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Chief Shade
Alaatchiawacheeitche (2)
Black Eagle family park on Little Bighorn River.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Chief Shade
English name: “Black Eagle Park”
Alacháxeelaau
Road from Crow Agency to Bighorn Valley.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Shortened Route
English name: “Crow Cut Across”
Alachishpahiishe
Area between the Little Bighorn and Lodge Grass Creek.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Red Gap
English name: “Red Rims”
Alachishpaxawíia
Location: Big Horn district, Montana(Bighorn Mountains)
English literal translation:Where There Is A Difficult Gap (To Cross)
English name: “Bad Pass Area”
Alachishpé (1)
Ridge area immediately south of Peyote Point.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana(Peyote Point)
English literal translation:Where There Is A Gap
Alachishpé (2)
Area along ridge on top of the Pryor Mountains reached via Snake Road. A deteriorating wagon box is along the roadside.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Gap
Alachishpítche
Gap in Bighorn Mountains south of Wyola.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Good Gap (Pass)
English name: “Pass Creek area”
Alachiwakáao (1)
Stone cross on ground near Three Springs built by Father DeSmet about 1842. (SEE Batbaka'lawishe)
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Pray
English name: “DeSmet Cross”
Alachiwakáao (2)
Cathedral like cave on south bank of Little Bull Elk Canyon. It caved in the 1940s.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Pray
English name: “Cathedral Cave”
Alachiwakáao (3)
Series of trees near the Hayfield Fight Monument. Planted by DeSmet after his second mass with the Crow. The first one was at the DeSmet Cross.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Pray
English name: “DeSmet Trees”
Alachiwakáao (4)
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Pray
English name: “East Pryor Creek Canyon”
Alachúa
Halfway between Wyola and Lodge Grass, the Narrows of the Little Bighorn River.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where It Is Narrow
English name: “Little Bighorn River”
Alachúauhpako
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Upstream Of Where It Is Narrow
English name: “Wyola”
Alahpaláaxawaawaalaatuua
Ghost Writings is one name for Native rock art.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are Ghost Writings
English name: “Hoodoo Creek Area”
Alahupé
Cave with black buffalo rock art. The cave was used as a hide-out by Teton Jack, a horse thief, in the late 1880s. He was eventually killed near the creek below the cave by a posse.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Hole
English name: “Sage Creek Cave”
Alapasshe
Train #44 wrecked here. The roll caused a chandlerier to fall killing Mary Littlenest (Leforge)
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where It (The Train) Lost It's Balance
English name: “Narrows of Little Bighorn River”
Alapiiwishashkísshiluua
So named because the cottonwood poles of an Atsina Sun Dance Lodge rooted and grew. The Sun Dance was held ca. 1908 and many of the cottonwoods are still standing (1999).
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Atsina Sun Dance Lodge Stands
English name: “Thirty miles north of Billings”
Alasáh takaate
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Little Coulee
English name: “Pitchfork Creek”
Alasáh tapumme
Coulee west of the curve in Hwy 313, north of Two Leggings bridge.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Small Coulee
Alashiipéelen Annappituua
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Where (The Hill) Rises In The Rough Country
Alasuunnútche
Where is this--Ft.Peck Reservation area? According to Carl Crooked Arm it is pronounced Ammasuualu'tche and it is "near Bozeman in Piegan Counrty" PN interview, TL file
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Lightning Strikes
Alatshíiwinneetee
So named because water had to be hauled by the Jesuits to water their garden. St. Ann's Mission west of Lodge Grass.
Location: No Water district, Montana
English literal translation:Garden With No Water
English name: “St. Ann's Mission”
Alaúukchia
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is White Clay
English name: “Warm Springs”
Alaxakúpkaashe
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where It (The Canyon) Is Deep.
English name: “Black Canyon”
Alaxáluua (1)
South wall of the southernmost of the three draws that make up the head of Pryor Canyon. So named because of the ledge along the top of the canyon wall and then another complete ledge below it. The area between the two ledges is Alaxa'luua.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Crevice
Alaxáluua (2)
West end of Lime Kiln Creek
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Crevice
Alaxchíiahush Annaáxshelitche
Where Plenty Coups counted three of the four chiefly war honors to gain chieftanship. Name is a Pryor District reference. The hill is a prominent point visible on the Crow cut-across from the Bighorn side.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Many War Deeds Counted Coup
Alaxchíiahush Isbahée
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Many War Deeds' Spring
English name: “Chief Plenty Coups State Monument”
Alaxeéwishe Alipuuoiilappiio
Humpback, a Sioux warrior, was killed at the ridge between MM 399-398, I-90.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Humpback Was Annihilated.
Alaxkúpitche
Bend in Little Big Horn River west of 2nd bridge, I-90. 1st bridge is at Crow Agency, 2nd Bridge is just upriver from 212 interchange, 3rd bridge is at Reno Creek.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Good River Bend
Alíiannee Itchik
Native trail from present-day Luarel, MT to Cody, WY.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Good Road
Alíiliiluttuua (2)
Named after the use of the area for cutting tipi poles.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Tipi Poles
English name: “Lemonade Springs”
Alíiliiluttuua(1)
Named after the use of the area for cutting tipi poles.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Tipi Poles
English name: “Tipi Pole spring area”
Alíiliiluttuua(3)
Area on top of the mountain, southeast of Pryor, east of Lost Creek.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Tipi Poles
Alóochiio
Name for DeCrane Spring since it was a popular camping area.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Stop
English name: “DeCrane Spring”
Alóopiishiiluttuua
Area where kinikinick (bearberry) was gathered for a smoking addative.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Tobacco Mix
English name: “Hill near South Fork of Owl Creek”
Alúukaluttuua
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get White Clay
English name: “Chalk Buttes”
Alúutaashe
Named after the custom of making arrow offerings at Arrow Rock.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Arrow River
English name: “Pryor Creek”
Alúutalaho
The name most commonly used by Pryor people for Arrow Rock.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are Many Arrows
English name: “Arrow Rock”
Alúuwiluttuua
Place where red ocher was gathered for paint.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Red Clay
English name: “Wolf Mountains/Sioux Pass”
Ammaaaxxaxiio
Stone tool manufacturing area at Grapevine Creek as it flows into the valley, Grapevine Ranch of the Campbell Farming Corporation.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Sharpen Tools
English name: “Grapevine Ranch”
Ammaáhpawaalaatuua (1)
Writing in this case refers to Native rock art.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is Writing On The Cliffs
English name: “Hoodoo Creek area”
Ammaáhpawaalaatuua (2)
Rock art on cliffs near Joliet from many different eras. One panel depicts the Crows receiving the Hot Dance from the Hidatsas, etched in Fall 1883.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is Writing On The Cliffs
English name: “Joliet”
Ammaaiilúaoolapuua
So named because of the natural pigments found in the ground in this area.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Many Paints Are Dug
English name: “Wyola area”
Ammaalachíisshe
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are June Berries
English name: “Shively Creek area”
Ammaatchíiluua
Small mountain by Indian Spring.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Look Out
Ammalapáshkuua
So named because of the sawmill (W. McAdow Sawmill) once located at Coulson City (predecessor to Billings) to supply steamboats with wood.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Cut Wood
English name: “Billings”
Ammanappaxuuá
Where wood was cut for the steamboats.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Chop Wood
English name: “Malta Crossing on the Missouri”
Ammilichipaasaau
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Dam
English name: “Ft. Smith, MT”
Ammilihpúua
Bighorn River area in front of Yellowtail Dam. Named after the filming of a scene in a movie at this area in the early 1900s. The scene had local Crow people fighting a white hero, Yakima Kanook, in the water in this area of the river.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Swam
Ammilisshíissaannuua
A popular fasting site in the Pryor Mountains.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Place Where They Fast
English name: “Castle Rocks”
Ammilisshíissaannuuaho
Named because of the many times people have fasted there.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Place Of Many Fasts
English name: “Castle Rocks”
Ammishéeichiinnapiio
Slaughter Creek was an area used by the Crows in the late 1800s and early 1900s to butcher rustled cattle. They rustled cattle because they were starving.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Kill Cows
English name: “Slaughter Creek”
Ammishéelahpee (1)
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Buffalo Are Driven Over (The Ridge)
English name: “Grapevine Buffalo Jumps”
Ammishéelahpee (2)
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Buffalo Are Driven Over (The Ridge)
English name: “Keogh Buffalo Jump, Absarokee, MT.”
Ammishéelahpee (3)
Cliff between Hardin and Custer.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Buffalo Are Driven Over (The Ridge)
Ammitaalashé
Original name of the Kicked in the Belly band since they resided in this area, it was the western edge of historic Crow Country.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Home At The Edge
English name: “Lander area”
Ammóole
The term Wyola developed out of the Crow phrase for "Where They Wait" since it was an area where people would wait to get on the train. Hill directly to the east of Wyola, nearest the road is where Chief Medicine Crow was burried.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Wait
English name: “Wyola”
Ammuuiinee
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Trail That Goes Through The Gap
English name: “Pryor Gap Road”
Ammúusse
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Trail Going South
English name: “Bozeman Cut Across”
Amníashipite (1)
Shale cliff on the Little Bighorn, south of Dunmore in Black Lodge District, near Black Lodge Falls.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Black Cliff
Amníashipite (2)
Shale cliffs along west side of Bighorn River. Named after the black mineral in the cliffs.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Black Cliff
English name: “Black Buttes”
Anmáachilappaxua
Where Bighorn District cut logs for its dance hall in the early 1900's.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Chop Pine Trees
English name: “Saw Log Canyon and Trail”
Anmaalapammúua
Site of camp when the ill-fated war party returned from the battle of Rainy Buttes. Rest stop area on I-90 at Fly Creek.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Wailed
Anminnaxtúua
Battlesite on Grapevine Dome. Battle between the Blackfeet and the Crows. The Crow were victorious.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Fortification
English name: “Grapevine Battle Site”
Ann?ucheepe
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Mouth Of The Canyon
English name: “Ft. Smith, MT”
Annáshisee (1)
The most famous of the medicine wheels, located on Medicine Mountain in the Bighorn Mountains.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Large Campsite
English name: “Bighorn Medicine Wheel”
Annáshisee (2)
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Large Campsite
English name: “Ft. Smith Medicine Wheel”
Annisshíshoopash Alaxapé
Fasting site of Four Dances, Four Dances Natural Area, locally called "Sacrifice Cliff", Billings, MT.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Dances In Four Places Laid Down
English name: “Four Dances Natural Area”
Annissúuashe
Term applied to any of the District Meeting Halls.
Location: unknown district, Montana
English literal translation:House Where They Dance
Apítalawaache
Prominent point separate from the Bighorns, between Dayton and Parkman, WY.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Where The Cranes Sit
English name: “Columbus Peak”
Apítshiilish Isawé
Named after the use of the area by the leader Yellow Crane and his followers.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Yellow Crane's Land
English name: “Sunlight Basin”
Ashalawuussiio
Area where Crow leaders were first shown farming techniques by government Boss Farmers. Then they were dispersed throughout the reservation to teach their followers.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Camp To Farm
English name: “Reno Skirmish Line Battlefield”
Ashhíshalahaawiio
So named because of the destruction of a Crow camp by the Shoshone in the 1860's. One of the camp leaders had a lodge that was painted red.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Red Lodge Was Destroyed
English name: “Red Lodge”
Ashiitáaxxeetee
Named after a battle between the allied Crow and Nez Perce against the Sioux in 1869. The Crow and Nez Perce were victorious.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Camp Was Surrounded
English name: “East Fork of Pryor Creek Battle”
Ashisshísseekaluua
A site where a Crow camp built fortifications after being spooked by some Sioux warriors.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Camp Fled Uphill
Ashitche
Spring along road before Commissary Ridge where people liked to camp.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Good Camp
English name: “Indian Camp”
Ashkaatashe
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Tipi Creek
English name: “Little Tipi Creek”
Ashkísshipuoo
So named because a herd of buffalo ran over an abandoned sun dance lodge in this area. Commonly mistranslated as "Rotten Sun Dance Lodge Creek."
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Sun Dance Lodge Was Run Over
English name: “Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone at Edgar, MT.”
Ashkootáawinnaxchihkua
Named after a battle between the Crow and unified Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho in August of 1864. The Crow were victorious.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where All Crow Bands Made A Fortification
English name: “East Pryor Creek Battle Site”
Ashkúalalitche
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Good Middle Camp
English name: “Reno Creek area”
Ashshipíte
So named because members of the River Crow band settled there and their nickname was Black Lodge because of the use of pine for their lodge fires, which blackened the tops of their tipis.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Black Lodge
English name: “Black Lodge District”
Attalaho
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Where There Are Many Pinicales
English name: “Gillette, WY area”
Attalúupkaate
Two prominent hills near Muddy Creek in Foggy Crossing. Area where wild turnips were gathered.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Two Small Points
English name: “Squaw Buttes”
Attáte
Ridge east of St. Xavier, MT.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Sharp Points
English name: “Mission Buttes/Three Points”
Attaxaawé
Ridge on the east side of Little Bighorn River north of Crow Agency.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Pronged Points
Atté Shipíte
Buttes northeast of Forsyth, MT.
Location: Other areas in the United States district, Montana
English literal translation:Black Point
English name: “Black Buttes”
Awáassheele Hátchke (1)
Long Ridge in the Bighorn Mountains, near Little Land.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Long Ridge
English name: “Long Ridge”
Awáassheele Hátchke (2)
Ridge at the east end of the cut-across, ends shortly before the Point In The Valley.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Long Ridge
English name: “Ridge at the beginning of the LG-St. X cut across”
Awáassheele Hátchke Alíiannee
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Long Ridge Road
English name: “Road to Willow Creek Dam”
Awáassheele Hátchke Koón Bishéelapee
Paradise Valley, MT.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Long Ridge Where The Buffalo Were Driven Over
English name: “Emigrant Buffalo Jump”
Awaasúuachiikaxiia
The original bar in Parkman had a roof that had onside longer then the other (DOH).
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:House That Leans
English name: “Parkman, WY”
Awaasúuchichiaxe
The octagon log meeting hall at the Crow Fair Campgrounds. Built by the IECW, completed in 1936.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Round House
English name: “Ivan Hoops Memorial Round Hall”
Awachiakaatwishe
Area east of Lodge Grass composed of chalky bluffs.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is White Clay
English name: “Chalk Badlands”
Awakkulaasáao
Named because the supernatural Little People are believed to inhabit this cave. 45@19.04'N, 108@32.33'W
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Home Of The Little People
English name: “Pryor Creek Cave”
Awakuanmáachiiwishe (1)
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Island Of Pines
English name: “Pine Hills”
Awakuanmáachiiwishe (2)
Awakua'nmaachiiwishe is a generic term applied to small groups of pine covered hills that are commonly found in historic Crow country.
Location: unknown district, Montana
English literal translation:Island Of Pines
English name: “Little Rockies”
Awalakuhké
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Land Is Small
English name: “Little Land”
Awannaxxálua
Bighorn Canyon
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Ground Slid
English name: “Bull Elk Basin-WHERE EXACTLY?”
Awapilíia
Small hills near Sugar Beet Dump by St. Xavier. Awapili'ia refers to barren hills or badlands.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Chapped Land
Awassaké
West bank of Bighorn River, Two Leggings area. A number of prominent inter-tribal battles occurred in this area.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Edge Of Land
Awaxaammaalahkápe
Mountain west of Cody, WY.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Cedar (Smudge) Mountain
English name: “Cedar Mountain”
Awaxaammaatcháache
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Great Mountains
English name: “Rocky Mountain front”
Awaxaammaaxpée
The mountain that has the Bighorn medicine wheel on it. Big Horn Mountains, WY
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Holy Mountain
English name: “Medicine Mountain”
Awaxaammacheeítche
Children threw their baby teeth at this mountain since the shape of the mountain suggested a human molar to the Crow. The child would ask the mountain for a new tooth to grow in quickly and healthy.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Chief Mountain
English name: “Chief Mountain”
Awaxaammúattee
"By then all the River Crow were together up north of the Missouri. We went up near Coyote Mountain and held the Sun Dance" pg. 49 also pg.66. (Probably north of the Missouri near Great Falls)
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Coyote Mountain
Awaxaamnaasé
Mountain northeast of Cody, WY.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Heart Mountain
English name: “Heart Mountain”
Awaxaamnáawiia
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Three Mountains
English name: “Sweetgrass Hills”
Awaxáape
Prominent flat outcroppings near mouth of Grapevine Creek.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Flat Land
Awaxaaw'ish Issaashké Annaxxálua
Present road to Black Canyon Youth Camp. Mountains horse slipped and slid down into the canyon. The fall killed the horse.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Mountain's Horse Slid (Down Slope)
Awaxaawahische
Hills with distinctive reddish sides located between Soap Creek and Lodge Grass Creek
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Red Mountains
Awaxaawakússawishe
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Extended Mountain
English name: “Cloud Peak, Big Horn Mountains, WY”
Awaxaawalachishpé
So named because of the large (Buffalo Gap) gap in the Black Hills.
Location: Other areas in the United States district,
English literal translation:Where There Is A Gap Mountain
English name: “Black Hills”
Awaxaawalapálee
North end of the Big Horn Mountains.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Rump of the Mountains
Awaxaawammáakoo(1)
Bighorn Mountains
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:High Mountain
English name: “Windy Point”
Awaxaawammáakoo(2)
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:High Mountain
English name: “Bald Mountain”
Awaxaawaxísshe
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Lump Mountain
English name: “West Pryor Mountain”
Awaxaawe Báaxxioo
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Pointed Mountains (Like Sand Castles)
English name: “Abasorkee Mountains”
Awaxaawe Hawátaakaatash
PN interview, TL file
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:One Mountain (Peak)
English name: “Snowy Mountains”
Awaxaawiakáate
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Little Mountain
English name: “Little Mountain”
Awaxaawíipuuxe
Where is this place?
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Rattle Mountain
Awaxaawippiia
"The Alps of Montana". Shot In The Hand fasted there and received bear medicine (ca. 1860). The Outcasts reside there-people who have been scalped.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Ominous Mountains
English name: “Crazy Mountains”
Awaxaawisée
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Big Mountain
English name: “Big Pryor Mountain”
Awaxaawísh Issaashké Annahpé
Present road to Black Canyon Youth Camp. Mountain's horse slipped and slid down into the canyon. The fall killed the horse.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Mountain's Horse Went Down
Awaxahátchke
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Long Mountain
English name: “Crest of the Big Horn Mountains”
Awe Alachipalíio Aashkaate
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Rolled Up The Earth Creek
Awé Púawishe
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Land Of Steam
English name: “Yellowstone Geyser Basin area”
Aweshipite
Ridge on south side of Lodge Grass Creek that extends to Lodge Grass Canyon.
Location: No Water district, Montana
English literal translation:Black Earth
Axítchish Isbahée
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Wet's Spring
English name: “Spring near Hoodoo Creek”
Axxaashawashía
Simms = Where They Are Trapped By The Will Of The Sun. Bulltail = Where The Sun's Rays Are Trapped. Goes Ahed = Where They Went Down By The Will Of The Sun
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Sun's Trap
Axxiimaalaxchiwisshíshte
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Looks Like Hair Knotted Above The Forehead
