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.
"7 miles east of Crow Agency" Roger Stops interviewed by Sarah for PN 1964, TL file.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Pine Ridge (Hills)
English name: “Rosebud Mountains”
Báachiiaashe
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Pine River
English name: “Buffalo”
Báachiiaashe Koón Bilichkéesh
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Lake at Pine River
English name: “Lake DeSmet”
Báachiiaashkaate
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Big Pine Creek
English name: “Big Piney Creek”
Báachiiaashkaate Aliakáate
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Where Big Pine Creek Is Small
English name: “Little Big Piney Creek Canyon”
Báachiihachke
Ridge on old road from Garryowen to Lodge Grass, Reno District. (Benteen at Shavings Creek). An extraordinarily large pine grew on the ridge.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Long Pine
Baáchuuaashe
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Berry River
English name: “Gallatin River”
Baahammishíisteesh
A canyon in the Buffalo Pasture, Bighorn Mountains.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Something Seems Likely
Baáhpakuhke (1)
Prominent butte north of Miles City (west of highway). Famous site of the annihilation of a Crow warparty by the Sioux. The Sioux warrior Fast Horse was with the Crow and was also killed by the Sioux.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Short Butte
English name: “Crow Rock”
Baáhpakuhke (2)
Butte at Jeans Fork of Tulloch Creek.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Short Butte
Baáhpakuhke (3)
Butte to the east of Bu'attaaile/Coyote's Penis, north of Forsyth, MT.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Short Butte
Baáhpalaliianneete
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Cliffs Have No Road
English name: “Rimrocks northwest of Billings”
Baáhpalaxaawe (1)
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Cliffs Protrude
English name: “Castle Rocks”
Baáhpalaxaawe (2)
Term applied to the two hills with sandstone spires southwest of Pryor. Hill nearest the road has a series of caves in which members of a stranded wagon train stayed in 1861. Teenagers of Pryor use the caves as a meeting place today and call them "Heart Break Hotel."
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Cliffs Protrude
Baáhpalaxaxxe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Cliffs Are Spotted
English name: “Rimrocks near Hysham”
Baáhpalohkape (1)
Favorite campsite and the place where the Crows first celebrated the 4th of July (1883). The celebration was sponsored by the Northern Pacific railroad workers who brought the Crows to this point from the Absarokee Agency (tipis and all) on railroad flat cars. George Washington (Hogan) was born during the celebration.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Cliffs Make A Bowl
English name: “Rest area at MM 381, I-90”
Baáhpalohkape (2)
Eight miles north of Lodge Grass on frontage road. Some of the Lakota killed in the Little Bighorn Battle were interred in these cliffs.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Bowl In The Cliffs
English name: “Bend Of The Cliffs”
Baáhpaluupkaate (1)
Prominent buttes near Devils Tower NM, WY.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Two Buttes
English name: “Little Missouri Buttes”
Baáhpaluupkaate (2)
Term used for the Little Rockies.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Two Buttes
English name: “Little Rockies”
Baáhpammaalaatbishe
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Cliff With Some Writing On It
English name: “Hoodoo Creek”
Baáhpannaxxalua
Rock slide area in eastern portion of Little Bighorn Canyon.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Cliff Slid
Baáhpashxxaawe
Prominent butte near Lame Deer, MT covered with rock art. So named because the crevices of the butte suggested the antler pattern of a mule deer to the Crow.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Antler Rocks
English name: “Deer Medicine Rocks”
Baáhpaxaape
Prominent butte northwest of Park City, MT.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Flat Butte
English name: “Miller Butte”
Baáhpe Hawátaakaatash
"A cliff near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri" pg. 8.
Location: Other areas in the United States district, North Dakota
English literal translation:One (Lone) Cliff
Baáhpe Hupé
Where Big Metal was thrown over the cliff by his step-father and later rescued by the Seven Sacred Rams, Bighorn Mountains.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Hole In The Cliff
English name: “Hole In The Rock”
Baáhpuataashe
Scott says, "Flies very bad there on horses." Site of Rabbit Child's death as a Crazy Dog.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Fly River
English name: “Fly Creek”
Baáhpuuo
Named after the practice of shooting arrows at this butte as offerings to the Little People. Charlie Ten Bear reassembled cairns at base of cliff in the early 1930s since they had been disturbed by pot-hunters. There was a second, smaller cairn to the south of the extant one that was destroyed when the road was graded in the late 1930s by the IECW.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:They Shoot The Rock
English name: “Arrow Rock”
Báaiiaashe
Location: Other areas in the United States district, Oklahoma
English literal translation:Arrowhead River
English name: “Canadian River”
Baaishtashíilinkuluush Alaaxúa
Slough on the to the west of Wyola. Whiteman Runs Him and Fog In The Morning raided a Sioux camp near this point. When they were pursued, Fog In The Morning abandoned his companion and Whiteman Runs Him Was forced to hide in a hollow log. Whiteman Runs Him eventually returned to his camp near Livingston, and Fog In The Morning was disgraced.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Whiteman Runs Him Hid
Baaishtashíilinkuluush Alaxapé
Whiteman Runs Him fasted on this mountain.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Where Whiteman Runs Him Laid Down
English name: “Sheep Mountain”
Baaishtashíilinkuluush Isalasáh te
So named after the original allottee.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Whiteman Runs Him Coulee
English name: “Whiteman Creek”
Baakáatalaxapiia
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Child Was Lost
English name: “Arrow Rock”
Baakáatannuussee
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Children (Were) Buried
English name: “Place Of Skulls Rimrock”
Baakáatitshiwishe
Named because of the belief that supernatural children live in this pool.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are Children's Footprints
English name: “Baby Place”
Baaluushúahawatash Annahéeo
So named because of the surrounding and laying siege of One Blue Bead's warparty in this area by the Sioux in the 1860's.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Where One Blue Bead Was Attacked
English name: “Bear In The Middle Creek”
Baaphashíilewishe
Yellow Cliffs behind rest area on I-90 between Hardin and Billings at Fly Creek.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Some Yellow Cliffs
Baaphawatalíiliiluttuua
Trail to area on top of the mountain, southeast of Pryor, west of Lost Creek. Trail appears on BLM Bridger topographic map.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Tipi Poles In One Day
Baaphawatammiliituua
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Wood In One Day
Baapúxtaashkaate
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Otter Creek
English name: “Badger Creek of the Tongue River”
Baapúxtahatchkash Isalasáh te
Named after original allottee.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Long Otter Coulee
English name: “Long Otter Creek”
Baapúxtahatchke Isbahée
This spring was thought to be inhabited by dinosaur like animals similar to Monitor Lizards in form, called baapuxtaha'tchke. Edmund Little Light saw one at this spring when the wheat was ripe.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Long Otters' Spring
English name: “Bulltail Spring”
Baaschiiliinnaxpitchannuttuua
A white rancher named Powers was mauled by a bear in the woods of this area and was later rescued by the Yellow Brow.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Whiteman Was Mauled By A Bear
Báashalapatche
Named after accidental exploding of a boiler and subsequent sinking of the trading steamboat, The Chippewa, 1861.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Boat Exploded
English name: “Missouri River, near Ft. Union Trading Post, NHS”
Báashiaxpawishalawaache
A general term used for airports, but most commonly used for the international airport in Billings, MT.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Winged Objects Alight
English name: “Logan International Airport, Billings”
Baaxawuaashalíiko
The second Crow Agency
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Wheat (Bread) House In The Past
English name: “Absarokee”
Baaxawuaashé
The third and present Crow Agency.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana(Crow Agency, MT.)
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Medicine River
English name: “Sun River”
Báaxxiiash Alaxape
Hill east of Lodge Grass with the "L" on it. Rises Up fasted on this hill.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Rises Up Laid Down
Bachee Ammishiipuua
A warparty where covered with snow and some froze to death. In the spring the survivors returned and found the dead. Scott says the creek is called "Froze To Death Creek."
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Where Men Were Covered With Snow
English name: “Wyoming Powder River area”
Bacheéannuhpaapilakaxpawatalahawiio
Imer Hayfield near Two Leggings Bridge. Named after a trap set by Bear Medicine that killed a warparty of Sioux.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Twenty One Men Were Killed
Bacheeishdíio
Named after the many buffalo jumps in this area and its general abundance of game. Referring to the packs of meat carried by the men. A place where June berries and yampa was gathered.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Man's Road
English name: “Grapevine Creek area”
Bacheeitchalashee
The area near Meteetse where the Principal Leader Sits In The Middle Of The Land died in 1874. Sometimes called Bacheeitchalawaache/Where The Chief Sits. The "chief" phoneme (bacheeitche) of this word has suggested to some the origin of the English name Meteetse.
Location: Other areas in the United States district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Where The Chief Died
English name: “Meteetse”
Bacheeláxpiia
An enemy was grabbed around the body by a Crow in a battle in this area.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Seized The Man
English name: “Bridger Creek”
Bacheewáalaash Isalasáh te
One of Joe Medicine Crow's Crow name is Bacheewa'alaash/Winter Man. His uncle Jigs Yellowtail jokingly translated this name as Eskimo and the name became applied to a creek in the Bighorn Mountains where JMC was allotted land.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Winter Man's Coulee
English name: “Eskimo Creek”
Bachuate Aashe
A tributary of Bark (Redwater) Creek, McCone Co.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Sweetgrass River
English name: “Cotter Creek”
Bahaá Baáhpe
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Boulder Spring
English name: “West of Pryor”
Bahaá Baaxpée (1)
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Holy Spring
English name: “Eagle Springs”
Bahaá Baaxpée (2)
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Holy Spring
English name: “Plenty Coups Spring”
Bahaá Chilía
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Cold Spring
English name: “Point Creek”
Bahaá Dáawiia
Big Horn Mountains, east of Black Canyon. Burnt Face was discovered using these springs.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Three Springs
English name: “Three Springs”
Bahaá Hawátaakaatash
Big Spring on the south rim of Dryhead.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Only Spring
English name: “Big Spring”
Bahaá Hísshe
Named after the red earth that the spring emanates from.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana(Wyola, MT.)
English literal translation:Red Spring
English name: “Red Spring”
Bahaá Ishíle
A spring that eminates from a rock shaped like a woman's genitals. This spring is located on the west side of the hill which is said to be the home of Ant Woman (or Deer Woman and her sisters) from the Yellow Leggings' story.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Vagina Spring
English name: “@*#^ Spring”
Bahaaítche
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Good Spring
English name: “Indian Spring”
Báhkisee
Named after an extraordinarily large cottonwood that stood on the Platte River. Ten men with outstretched arms could reach around the trunk of the tree.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Big Cottonwood
English name: “Fort Laramie”
Bálaaannuttuua
So named because of the gold mines established in this area.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Money
English name: “Emigrant Gulch”
Balachóosalaho
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is Much Dry Wood
English name: “Woody Creek”
Balapáalapilaké
Historic camping area that at one time had ten large cottonwood trees. The area is presently used for social and religious gatherings along Sand Creek. Named Holy Land after the attempt by Crow Peyotists attending a meeting there (sponsored by Dan Old Bull) to round up sheep that had left the area and entered the nearby highway.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Ten Trees
English name: “"Holy Land" area”
Balapaale Xíakaate
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Obscure Tree
English name: “Coburn area”
Balapáalshichite
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Thick Timber
English name: “High Buttes”
Balápbishammachioo
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Place Of Our Revenge War
English name: “West Soap Creek”
Balapuúxbishe
South of Warman Mountain, Big Horn Mountains. A historic campsite because of the resources - wood, shade and springs. From this campsite area it was typical to cross the ridge to the southwest to Black Canyon to hunt. (to left of Ok-a-beh Road heading south, 8 miles).
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are Some Aspens
Balapuuxé Aashe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Aspen River
English name: “Poplar River”
Balawátee
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:One Tree
English name: “Lone Tree Creek area, south of Jordan”
Baleaxxiiláashe
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Conch Shell River
English name: “North Platte River”
Baleiisé Ishóoche
Emils Creek, tributary of Yellowstone, Rosebud Co.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Before Our Faces
English name: “Armels Creek”
Balewaakeeáashaliishiio
Area with good spring (Lemonade Spring) below Windy Point on Bull Elk Ridge.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Bighorn District Camps
Balewaakeeáashe
Named after the extravagant giving of 400 horses by the Bighorn District people to the visiting Lodge Grass District people at a social gathering in the 1900's.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana(Bighorn District, MT.)
English literal translation:Give-away Valley
Balewaakeeáashe Annahpúa
A trail into Bighorn Canyon.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Bighorn District Descends
Baliísshe Aashe
Named after the viewing of cottonwood bark floating on the river.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Bark River
English name: “Redwater River”
Basáapuataashkaate
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Water Birch Creek
English name: “Piney Creek northeast of Warren”
Basawaxaawúua
Location: Big Horn district,
English literal translation:Our Mountains
English name: “Big Horn Mountains”
Batbakálawishe
Stone cross marking site of Father De Smet's mass on the Bighorn Mountains, at Saw Log Canyon. September 1842
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Is A Cross
English name: “DeSmet Cross”
Batchóosannahpua
Ridges above the Metra-Park area, Billings, MT. So named because of the suicide ride (on a white horse) of two Crow warriors despondent over the death of their camp from smallpox in the 1837 epidemic.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The White (Horse) Went Down
Bíakaataashkaate
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Girl Creek
English name: “Macheta Creek”
Biawaaláaxe
One time the Crows were camped here and a groupbunch of soldiers came and they camped nearby. Some of the Crow women would go to the soldiers? camp and shack-up, make a little extra money or gifts or whatever they can. So they call those girls crazy, crazy women. So they call that Crazy Woman Creek—Biawaal?axe Aashe, after that.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Crazy Woman Creek
English name: “Crazy Woman Creek”
Bichkapáashe (1)
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Rosehip River
English name: “Rosebud Creek”
Bichkapáashe (2)
Tributary of the Stillwater River, MT.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Rosehip River
English name: “Rosebud Creek”
Bichkapáashe Ammachiio
June 17, 1876
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Battle At Rosehip River
English name: “Battle of the Rosebud”
Biiléaxkaate Aashe
Location: Other areas in the United States district,
English literal translation:Flint River
English name: “Arkansas River”
Biilichiliá
Slide on the east side of the mouth of Little Bighorn Canyon.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Gravel Slide
English name: “Little Bighorn Canyon”
Biishihch'e (1)
Knoll near Muddy Creek, MT.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Rocky Hill
Biishihch'e (2)
Term applied to the two hills behind St. Charles Mission. A large snake is said to live on the southern most hill.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Rocky Hill
Biishísh Ammilisshíissaane
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Crawls On His Knees Fasted
English name: “Snake Road area”
Biishúannuttuua
Possibly the "Blue Bead River and Mountain" listed on the Drouillard Map, a tributary of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone. And possibly what Leforge describes as a blue stone mine near Red Lodge used to make pipes (p. 162).
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Get Blue Stone
Biitawuásh Annaáxshelitche
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Bellrock Struck Coup
English name: “(near Reedpoint?)”
Bikkaa Aashe
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Grass Creek
English name: “Hay Creek”
Bikkaatashé
Area between Lodge Grass and Rotten Grass Creek, MT. This is named because of the nutritious grass found along the banks of this creek.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Greasy Grass
Bikkaatashé Alíiannee
Road from St.Xavier to Lodge Grass. Term used by residents of the Bighorn Valley.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Greasy Grass Road
English name: “Good Luck Cut-across”
Bikkaatashiakáate
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Small Greasy Grass
English name: “Rotten Grass Creek”
Bikkaatashisée
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Big Greasy Grass
English name: “Lodge Grass Creek”
Bilaloóhchipee
So named because of the water flowing under natural land bridge that once stood over this river.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Water Goes Under
English name: “Boulder River”
Bilápchaashe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Powder River
English name: “Powder River”
Biláse Aashe
Stream near Terry, MT
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Ash River
English name: “Ash Creek”
Bilaxpáake Alíkua
Ridge between Bull Elk Canyon and Black Canyon Basin, MT. Named after the sighting of a man shouldering an elk and carrying it away.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Where A Person (Man) Was Seen
Bilíaliche
The Shoshone pass as it passes between Cedar and Rattlesnake Mountains
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Like A Tipi Door
English name: “Shoshone Pass”
Bilichíaaashe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:White Water River
English name: “Milk River”
Bilichiáashe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:White Water River
Bilichkahawáte
Lake north of the Snowy Mountains.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Only Lake
English name: “Crystal Lake”
Bilichké
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:(Small) Lake
English name: “Lake DeSmet”
Bilichké (1)
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Lake
English name: “Yellowstone Lake”
Bilichkisée
Where the two brothers, Red Scout and No Intestines fasted and led their followers west. Red Scout became the initial leader of the Hidatsa and No Intestines became the initial leader of the Crow.
Location: Other areas in the United States district, North Dakota
English literal translation:Big Lake
English name: “Devils Lake”
Bilihúussaawaaiia
As in English, "younger" can be understood as "smaller."
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Young Water That Does Not Come
English name: “Summit Creek”
Bilihúussee
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Water Does Not Come
English name: “Lost Creek”
Biliicháashe
West of Pryor, MT.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Willow Creek
English name: “Willow Creek”
Biliíliikasshe
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Swift Current
English name: “Rock Creek, near Red Lodge”
Biliinneeté
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:No Current
English name: “Stillwater River”
Biliithísshe
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Red Willow (Creek)
English name: “Creek, near Red Lodge (WHICH ONE?)”
Biliitshíile (1)
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Yellow Willow (Creek)
English name: “Sage Creek”
Biliitshíile (2)
Creek in the Crazies
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Yellow Willow (Creek)
English name: “WHERE IS THIS?”
Biliítshuhke (1)
Area between the two Rocky Hills. Boys would tease bears out of there dens that were in this area as a way of testing their bravery.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Wide Willows
Biliítshuhke (2)
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Wide Willows
English name: “Area on the Tongue River”
Bilippítshuhke
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Wide Ash Trees
English name: “Reno Creek”
Bilippúa
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Spoiled Water
English name: “Thermopolis hot springs”
Bilísee
Location: unknown district,
English literal translation:Big Water
English name: “Ocean”
Bilishíile Aashkaate
River east of Livingston, near Clyde Park, that flows into the Yellowstone.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Yellow Water Creek
English name: “Shields River”
Bilishiitcháashe
Bilichia'ashe/White Water River (JMC 1963) TL file
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Murky Water River
English name: “Milk River”
Bilishúakaate
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Blue Water
English name: “Blue Creek”
Bilisshé Annussee
Ridge behind Chief Plenty Coups Museum
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Deceased Are Buried
English name: “Monument Ridge”
Bilitawée
Named this since the creek rarely freezes - because of its high alkali content, not temperature.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Hot Water
English name: “Soap Creek”
Bilitxeekáate
Water falls on Point Creek.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Little Water Falls
English name: “Cowboy Shower”
Bilitxisée
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Big Water Falls
English name: “Great Falls”
Bilixachiíkuse
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Water Moves The Other Way
English name: “Snake River”
Bilixawuá (1)
The rapids of the Yellowstone are at a place presently called Rapids.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Rumbling Water
English name: “Yellowstone Rapids”
Bilixawuá (2)
Riffles on the Little Bighorn River north of Crow Agency.
Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
English literal translation:Rumbling Water
English name: “Black Lodge Falls”
Bilixawúa Cheéte
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Wolf Rapids
English name: “Wolf Rapids”
Bilúush Isbahée
Spring at the head of Lost Creek.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Hot Water's Spring
Binmatshúa
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Treacherous Water
English name: “Missouri River by Glasgow”
Bínneete
Area of upper Lodge Grass Creek where Crow farmers raised good gardens without irrigating. The area is sub-irrigated.
Location: No Water district, Montana
English literal translation:No Water
Bishéeiichiilannuusuuwassee
So named because of the first distribution of beef to the Crow by the Federal Government. (and first time the Crows ate watermelon.) April, 1884.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They First Ate Beef
English name: “Area west of Big Timber”
Bishéelaase
Plenty Coups in Wildschut: We started towards Buffalo Heart. We were going to stop at Yellow Water [Shields River], p 184. My medicine dream on Buffalo Heart Mountain, a peak in the Crazies, p. 195. Two Leggings: We found our camp on the other side of Heart Mountain on Plum Creek [Judith River]. Pretty Shield: After moving camp from the headwaters of the Musselshell to a creek with few trees, we were not far from Heart Mountain, pgs. 99-102. Lowie-Religion: On the other side of the Musselshell is a mountain called Buffalo Heart, p 338. BOC 12/15/99: Buffalo Heart Mounatin is near the headwaters of Trout River [Smith River] by the ski area [Snowdown]. Mountain directly south of Buffalo, MT.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Buffalo Heart (Mountain)
English name: “Mountain west of Judith Gap in Little Belts”
Bishiáxpe Alíkuua
Dryhead Overlook, Custer National Forest. North end of East Pryor Mountain. Named from the visibility of ropes used by Boy That Grabs to drag buffalo skulls during a fast at this site to people in the camp below.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Saw The Rope
English name: “East Pryor Mountain”
Bishkammaaláapxe
Location: unknown district,
English literal translation:Where The Dog Bites
English name: “WHERE IS THIS?”
Bishkawatáash Alammikáshkuluua
Named after the successful escape made by the war leader Homosexual Dog and his party from an overwhelming number of Sioux, at this butte.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Homosexual Dog Was Chased Downhill
English name: “Two Buttes north of 212”
Bishóochaashe
So named because of the musselshells found in this river.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Mussel River
English name: “Musselshell River”
Bishóochaashe Annúpeele
Near Martinsdale.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Mussel River Forks
English name: “Musselshell Forks”
Bishóochaloopik
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Shells Are Found
English name: “Shell Creek”
Bishpáwishe
Location: Big Horn district, Montana(Gyp Creek, MT.)
English literal translation:Where There Are Boxelder Trees
English name: “Gyp Creek”
Bishpé Aashe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Box Elder River
English name: “Mizpah Creek”
Bisshíilannuusaau
So named because of the first distribution of treaty annuity goods, which included yellow blankets, to the Crow, 1869.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where They Laid Down Yellow Blankets
English name: “Mission Creek”
Bisshíish Isalasáh te
Named after original allottee.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Hide Shaving's Coulee
English name: “Shavings Creek”
Bitáalasshiishte
Named after the resemblance of the mountain face to a tipi lining.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Looks Like A Tipi Lining
English name: “Dryhead Rim of East Pryor Mountain”
Bítchiia Aashe
Hidatsa and Mandan Villages were located along this river.
Location: unknown district, North Dakota
English literal translation:Knife River
English name: “Knife River”
Bítxuash Isalasáh te
Named after the nickname of the original allottee. This man was formerly called Night Chief, but because of an offensive body odor, he was referred to as Onion.
Location: Reno district, Montana
English literal translation:Onion's Coulee
English name: “Squaw Creek”
Búattaaattee
Another name for Coyote's Penis butte near Forsyth, MT.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Coyote Point
Búattaaile
So named because of the shape of this prominent butte.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Coyote's Penis
English name: “Butte north of Forsyth”
Búattee Alíiannee
Trail through Section House Coulee.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Coyote Road
Buluhpáashe (1)
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Plum River
English name: “Judith River”
Buluhpáashe (2)
Creek in town of Ft. Smith.
Location: Big Horn district, Montana
English literal translation:Plum River
English name: “Lime Kiln Creek”
Buluksaá Aassáao
A sinkhole at the mouth of Deer Creek.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Alligator's Home
English name: “Deer Creek”
Buluksaá Xaalíash Isalasáh te
Named after original allottee.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Old Alligator's Creek
English name: “Alligator Creek”
Bulúxaatcheelilish Isalasáh te
Named after the original allottee.
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Walks Over The Ice Coulee
English name: “Sunday Creek”
Buuaxáxxaashe
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Trout River
English name: “Smith River”
Buusseealaho
"They next pitched their tipis along Fast Stream (Rock Creek) just above Many Graves (Joliet). Interview of Ball, 8/8/39 pg. 3.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where There Are Many Burials
