The Crow Indians
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The Crow Indians is an influential ethnographic study by anthropologist Robert H. Lowie that provides a comprehensive account of the culture, social organization, and traditions of the Crow people of the Northern Plains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crow Indians canonical | 2 |
| Crow Tribe of Indians | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5013990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crow Indians Context triple: [Robert H. Lowie, notableWork, The Crow Indians]
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A.
Kiowa people
The Kiowa people are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, rich oral traditions, and historical presence in what is now Oklahoma and surrounding regions.
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B.
Ngäbe-Buglé people
The Ngäbe-Buglé people are an Indigenous group of Panama and Costa Rica known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and communal life in semi-autonomous territories.
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C.
Woodland Indians
Woodland Indians refers to the diverse Native American cultures that traditionally inhabited the forested regions of eastern North America, known for their woodland-adapted lifestyles, agriculture, and complex social and spiritual practices.
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D.
Lipan Apache
The Lipan Apache are a Native American people historically associated with the Southern Plains and northern Mexico, known for their nomadic lifestyle, horse culture, and resistance to Spanish and later American expansion.
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E.
Kiowa Apache
The Kiowa Apache are a small Southern Athabaskan-speaking Native American group historically allied with the Kiowa on the Southern Plains, known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crow Indians Target entity description: The Crow Indians is an influential ethnographic study by anthropologist Robert H. Lowie that provides a comprehensive account of the culture, social organization, and traditions of the Crow people of the Northern Plains.
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A.
Kiowa people
The Kiowa people are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, rich oral traditions, and historical presence in what is now Oklahoma and surrounding regions.
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B.
Ngäbe-Buglé people
The Ngäbe-Buglé people are an Indigenous group of Panama and Costa Rica known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and communal life in semi-autonomous territories.
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C.
Woodland Indians
Woodland Indians refers to the diverse Native American cultures that traditionally inhabited the forested regions of eastern North America, known for their woodland-adapted lifestyles, agriculture, and complex social and spiritual practices.
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D.
Lipan Apache
The Lipan Apache are a Native American people historically associated with the Southern Plains and northern Mexico, known for their nomadic lifestyle, horse culture, and resistance to Spanish and later American expansion.
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E.
Kiowa Apache
The Kiowa Apache are a small Southern Athabaskan-speaking Native American group historically allied with the Kiowa on the Southern Plains, known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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ethnographic study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Native American studies
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cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| author | Robert H. Lowie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
Crow ceremonial life
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Crow clan structure ⓘ Crow economic life ⓘ Crow gender roles ⓘ Crow kinship system ⓘ Crow life cycle rituals ⓘ Crow political organization ⓘ Crow religious practices ⓘ Crow warfare practices ⓘ |
| documents |
Crow adaptation to reservation life
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Crow child-rearing practices ⓘ Crow leadership roles ⓘ Crow marriage customs ⓘ Crow mourning practices ⓘ Crow myth and folklore ⓘ Crow naming practices ⓘ Crow oral traditions ⓘ Crow relations with neighboring tribes ⓘ Crow ritual specialists ⓘ |
| ethnographicRegion |
Montana
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Northern Plains ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
|
| features |
analysis of Crow belief systems
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analysis of Crow social structure ⓘ historical accounts of Crow life ⓘ participant observation data ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
culture of the Crow people
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social organization of the Crow people ⓘ traditions of the Crow people ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Boasian anthropology tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century ethnographic methods
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later studies of Plains Indians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Crow Nation
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Crow people ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 20th century Crow society
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late 19th century Crow society ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work on the Crow Nation
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university textbook in anthropology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crow Indians Description of subject: The Crow Indians is an influential ethnographic study by anthropologist Robert H. Lowie that provides a comprehensive account of the culture, social organization, and traditions of the Crow people of the Northern Plains.
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