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:Wind Shrill (Hissing/Chinook) River
English name: “Wind River”
Huupalikoochish
Area on the Judith River south of town of Moccasin named after a particular warparty hanging their wet moccasins in nearby trees and leaving them. Term presently used for the town of Lewistown. The Montana governor Roy Ayers [(D)1937-1941] was called Huupalikoochish Baaschiilish/Lewistown Whiteman by the Crow.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Moccasins Hang
English name: “Moccasin/Lewistown area”
Huupduschíhchish Isbahée
Thomas DeCrane's Crow name was One Who Steals The Moccasins.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:One Who Steals The Moccasin's Spring
