Arapaho Historical Traditions, As Told by Paul Moss

Little Arapaho textual material has ever beenpublished. The Arapaho traditions chosen forthis anthology, Hinóno'éínoo3ítoono /ArapahoHistorical Traditions, tell of hunting, scouting,fighting, horse-stealing, capture and escape,friendly encounters between peoples, diplomacy,war, conflict with the United States,and battles with U.S. troops. They alsoinclude accounts of vision quests and religiousrites, reveal the fate of an Arapahowoman captured by Utes, and describeArapaho uses of the Medicine Wheel in theBighorn Mountains.

Alonzo Moss, Sr. is Co-Chair of the Northern Arapaho Language and Culture Commission