Talk:Crow Nation

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View comments (edit) Very good sections on many topics, but strangely, lacks completely of a historical one. Needs historical background, and expansion on a few topics. A few more illustrations wouldn't hurt either. Phaedriel - 16 Feb 06 Needs separate language page ("Crow" language link currently leads back to "Crow Nation" - Skookum1 - 16 Feb 06

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[edit] History

For a people with such a storied history almost none is given here. I think the article would be greatly improved if someone with some knowledge of Crow history were to edit the page. I would but I am woefully ignorant of the subject (which is how I found my way here in the first place.

What kind of tools did they use?

[edit] Weird image text

What's up with the [[Image:|125px|Flag of The Crow Nation]] text in the infobox? Zoe (216.234.130.130 00:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Matriarchy

I had an anthropology professor (cited in the page: Rodney Frey), an "honorary Crow member" who stated d that the Crow were polygynous prior to colonization. While I could see that, theoretically, a polygynous culture could be matriarchal, could they be matrilineal? -- Juniorvarsity

Yes, they were polygynous. All information points to them being matrilineal. The Blackfoot were also polygynous. However, the Blackfoot were multilineal. -- WiccaIrish 00:01, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bisexuality

How can all of them be bisexual? How is this known, from where does this information come and has there been any study made into this most bizzarre phenomenon? User:Vegfarandi 17:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It was vandalism. It has now been reverted. -- WiccaIrish 23:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buffalo jump

The Crow article claims that a woman chief invented the buffalo jump in the 1500s, but the link to the definition of buffalo jump says that this practice became prevalent in 100 ad, before the advent of the bow and arrow. Definitely a large discrepancy.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.63.212.132 (talk • contribs)

Chief Running Coyote was a man, not a woman. Re-read that section. -- WiccaIrish 07:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

To revive this, there's still a 1,500 year discrepancy between this article and buffalo jump, and a 4,000 year discrepancy between this article and Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump. Kmusser (talk) 20:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)