English

raven


Arapaho

1. woxúúxonéíhii ; 2. hóuu


Translation of Arapaho

1. ‘the one who makes the sound woxuuxon’ ; 2. same as ‘crow’


Location

anywhere.

 

Ravens and the Arapaho

The first part of the first name seems to be a description of the call that ravens make. The second name is documented in the name of the nineteenth-century chief Little Raven, whose name was hóuu hokeciihih.