Apsáalooke

noun

Ap·​sáa·​loo·​ke əp-ˈsä-lō-ˌkā 

variants or less commonly Apsaalooke

plural Apsáalooke also Apsaalooke

: crow

—used as a self-designation

Examples of Apsáalooke in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lampooning natural history museums, Apsáalooke/Crow artist Wendy Red Star photographed herself in four seasonal settings as if in museum dioramas. —Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023

From the Plains and Plateau regions, a particular emphasis on beadwork of the Lakota (Sioux) and Apsáalooke (Crow) appear. —Chadd Scott, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022

Welcoming everyone to the proceedings, as a larger-than-life image adhered to one wall, is White Swan, an Apsáalooke (Crow) citizen, who, over the course of a storied life, served as a military scout for Gen. Custer and later became a noted ledger artist. —Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022

Wendy Red Star, a Native American artist who grew up on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, had a similar idea while preparing for a solo exhibition in Portland, Oregon, in 2014. —Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Crow apsâˑroˑke, a self-designation

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above