Library @ Little Big Horn College

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.

Awaxaawakússawishe

• Location: Wyoming area district, Wyoming
• English literal translation: Extended Mountain
• English name: “Cloud Peak, Big Horn Mountains, WY”