English

pheasant (ring-necked pheasant)

Arapaho

1. heyookoo3éíhii ; 2. heeyookoo3iit ; 3. nih’óó3oucénee ; 4. kóhtowcénee

Translation of the Arapaho

1. ‘long rumped one’ ; 2. ‘it has a long rump’; 3. ‘white man’s grouse’ ; 4. ‘funny-acting grouse’

Location

look for pheasants in brushy areas next to farm and ranch fields in the lowlands.

 

Pheasants and the Arapaho

Pheasants were an important food source in earlier reservation days.