The boys often made trips to other tribes. The two girls had made an arrangement between themselves that the one who found the end rib-bone of a bison should receive the most favors from the brothers. The father of this lodge was a head lodge and had seven children, five boys and two girls. Members of the Northern Arapaho tribe demonstrate a traditional dance ceremony at the park's picnic shelter in 2010Īn Arapahoe lodge was camped at Bear's Tipi. The people and members of those tribes are a part of our modern national community, and their connections with places like the Tower are as important today as they were for generations before this sacred place became a national monument. They each have sovereign nations within the United States (known as reservations). They are preserved today by the the traditions of American Indian culture and the work of historians passed.Īlthough the following stories are products of the past, the tribes they are associated with are active members of our present. Many of the stories contain similar elements. Sacred narratives are told today with a reverence to the beliefs and people of the past.Įach tribe had their own oral history, and in many cases multiple histories exist from the same tribe. These stories helped to connect people with the Tower site.

Although popular culture would label them myths or legends, a more appropriate term would be oral histories, or in many cases sacred narratives. There are numerous stories about the Tower passed down through American Indian culture.

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