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.
Aashúuwaalaaxash Isbahee (2)
- Spring on a tributary of the Little Bighorn River, north of Wyola.
- Location: Wyola district, Montana
- English literal translation: Crazy Head's Spring
- English name: “Crazy Head Spring”
Aashbatshua
- Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
- English literal translation: Treacherous River
- English name: “Upper Little Bighorn River”
Aashkaatshipia (2)
- Tributary of the Little Bighorn River.
- Location: Reno district, Montana
- English literal translation: Mud Creek
- English name: “Mud Creek”
Alaatchiawacheeitche (2)
- Black Eagle family park on Little Bighorn River.
- Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
- English literal translation: Chief Shade
- English name: “Black Eagle Park”
Alachúa
- Halfway between Wyola and Lodge Grass, the Narrows of the Little Bighorn River.
- Location: Wyola district, Montana
- English literal translation: Where It Is Narrow
- English name: “Little Bighorn River”
Alachishpahiishe
- Area between the Little Bighorn and Lodge Grass Creek.
- Location: Wyola district, Montana
- English literal translation: Red Gap
- English name: “Red Rims”
Alapasshe
- Train #44 wrecked here. The roll caused a chandlerier to fall killing Mary Littlenest (Leforge)
- Location: Wyola district, Montana
- English literal translation: Where It (The Train) Lost It's Balance
- English name: “Narrows of Little Bighorn River”
Amníashipite (1)
- Shale cliff on the Little Bighorn, south of Dunmore in Black Lodge District, near Black Lodge Falls.
- Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
- English literal translation: Black Cliff
Attaxaawé
- Ridge on the east side of Little Bighorn River north of Crow Agency.
- Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
- English literal translation: Pronged Points
Baáhpalohkape (2)
- Eight miles north of Lodge Grass on frontage road. Some of the Lakota killed in the Little Bighorn Battle were interred in these cliffs.
- Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
- English literal translation: Where There Is A Bowl In The Cliffs
- English name: “Bend Of The Cliffs”
Baáhpannaxxalua
- Rock slide area in eastern portion of Little Bighorn Canyon.
- Location: Wyola district, Montana
- English literal translation: Where The Cliff Slid
Biilichiliá
- Slide on the east side of the mouth of Little Bighorn Canyon.
- Location: Wyola district, Montana
- English literal translation: Gravel Slide
- English name: “Little Bighorn Canyon”
Bilixawuá (2)
- Riffles on the Little Bighorn River north of Crow Agency.
- Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
- English literal translation: Rumbling Water
- English name: “Black Lodge Falls”
Chuukassalíiannee
- Chuukash is a nickname for St. X. A term used by residents of the Little Bighorn Valley.
- Location: Lodge Grass district, Montana
- English literal translation: Road Over The Hills
- English name: “Good Luck Cut Across”
Ihkaléaxdaakua Alahaawíio
- So named because General George Armstrong Custer was called Child Of The Morning Star by the Crow.
- Location: Reno district, Montana
- English literal translation: Where Child Of The Morning Star Was Wiped Out
- English name: “Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument”
Iisaxpúatahcheeaashe Aliakáate
- This river is commonly refered to as simply Aliaka'ate/Where It Is Small. The term specifically applies to the area of the river near Spear Siding, Wyola District.
- Location: Black Lodge district, Montana
- English literal translation: Small Bighorn Sheep River
- English name: “Little Bighorn River”