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.
Prominent point in the McCullough Peaks, east of Cody WY, on ALT 14. So named because of the warrior Push fasting on this mountain.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Push's Mountain
Páatchish Isalíianne
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Push's Road
English name: “St. Xavier to Pryor Road”
Pée Aashe
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Hollering or Yelling Creek
English name: “Marias River”
Peelatcháashkaate
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Raven Creek
English name: “Hensley Creek”
Peelatchákeesh Annahéeo
Foot Hills south of Story, WY where the first Sacred Tobacco Seeds were located. A warparty of Cheyennes was trapped on a hill in this area. One member of the party would occassionally come out to the edge of the hill and flap his arms, like a raven, in defiance of the Crow below. Eventually a Crow made medicine and killed the "Raven Owner" (SEE also Fighting Cheyenne 25-26; Cheyenne Memories 128-130). Cheyennes revenaged this loss with the annihilation of Hanging Feet's camp (SEE Where Hanging Feet Was Killed).
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Where Raven Owner Was Attacked
English name: “Story”
Peelatchiwaaxpáash Annuussaao
Hill directly east of Wyola that was used as a cemetary in the early 1900s. Sacred Raven (aka Medicine Crow) was buried here in July 1920.
Location: Wyola district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Sacred Raven Was Laid Down
English name: “Wyola”
Pilake Iháwuua
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:They Sleep Ten (Nights)
English name: “Ten Sleep”
Póopahtaashkaate
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Owl Creek
English name: “Owl Creek”
Poppootcháashe
Named after the sound the river makes as it passes through a sinkhole.
Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
English literal translation:Plopping River
English name: “Popo Agie River”
Puuxkalachiliá Alasáthe
Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
English literal translation:Sand Coulee
English name: “Sand Creek”
Puuxké Aashe (1)
PN interview, TL file
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Dirt River
English name: “Poplar River”
Puuxké Aashe (2)
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
