Gros Ventre

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Gros Ventre refers to a Native American tribe of the Northern Plains, traditionally associated with areas of present-day Montana and Alberta and known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gros Ventre canonical 12
Gros Ventre (Atsina) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
colonialContactWith French fur traders ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice beadwork ⓘ
powwow ⓘ
traditional storytelling ⓘ
culturalRegion Plains Indians ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribeName Assiniboine and Gros Ventre Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana ⓘ
linked to: Assiniboine people
federallyRecognizedTribeWith Assiniboine ⓘ
historicalAlly Assiniboine ⓘ
Cree ⓘ
historicalEnemy Blackfoot Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Blackfoot
historicalLifestyle nomadic ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
modernEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
tribal government services ⓘ
modernLanguageStatus endangered ⓘ
notableEvent loss of buffalo herds in the late 19th century ⓘ
smallpox epidemics in the 19th century ⓘ
populationRegion Fort Belknap Indian Reservation ⓘ
primaryGameAnimal American bison ⓘ
primaryState Montana ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Arapaho ⓘ
Atsina ⓘ
Blackfoot ⓘ
Cree ⓘ
reservation Fort Belknap Indian Reservation ⓘ
reservationState Montana ⓘ
selfGovernedBy Fort Belknap Indian Community Council ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorDispossession late 19th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfNomadicBuffaloCulture pre-19th century ⓘ
traditionalHousing tipi ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Gros Ventre language ⓘ
traditionalRegion Alberta ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Northern Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
traditionalReligion Sun Dance ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence horse culture ⓘ
nomadic buffalo hunting ⓘ
treatyPartner United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blackfoot → historicalRivals → Gros Ventre ⓘ
Winter in the Blood → ethnicContext → Gros Ventre ⓘ
Atsina language → ethnonymRelatedTo → Gros Ventre ⓘ
Aaniiih people → alsoKnownAs → Gros Ventre ⓘ
Arapaho → relatedEthnicGroup → Gros Ventre (Atsina) ⓘ
linked to: Gros Ventre
A’aninin → hasAlternativeName → Gros Ventre ⓘ
Plains culture area → includesPeople → Gros Ventre ⓘ
Atsina → alternateName → Gros Ventre ⓘ