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.
High buttes near Bowman, Belfied and New England, ND. Site of a running battle between a Crow warparty and pursuing Sioux warriors. The Crow were almost annihilated. Early summer of 1859
Location: Other areas in the United States district, North Dakota
English literal translation:Rainy Hills (Buttes)
Xoóxaashe Alatshíihile Awooshissee
Corn was planted here shortly after the Crow left the Hidatsa, MM 386, I-90. The corn did not grow to full maturity.
Location: Hardin to Bozeman district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Corn Was Planted But Did Not Mature
Xuáhcheannahpe
Named after the sighting of a skunk falling from this cliff.
Location: Pryor district, Montana
English literal translation:Where The Skunk Fell
English name: “Cliff on Lump Mountain”
Xuáhcheesh Annáppiio
Where the Crow warrior, Skunk, was killed.
Location: Other areas in Montana district, Montana
English literal translation:Where Skunk Was Killed
