Arikara Indians Notebook

Three Riccarree Indians 1861 George Catlin "Riccaree" is an alternate spelling for the Arikara tribe. The Arikara are a tribe of Native Americans in North Dakota. They are also known as the Arikaree, Ree, or Hundi. The Arikara's cultural life is rooted in seasonal migration, the Sun Dance, and hunting buffalo. They have a unique religion with figures such as Mother Corn and Nishanu. Today, the Arikara are enrolled with the Mandan and the Hidatsa as the federally recognised tribe known as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. The reservation is located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in central North Dakota. George Catlin was an American adventurer, lawyer, painter, author, and traveller, who specialised in portraits of Native Americans in the American Frontier. Travelling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin wrote about and painted portraits that depicted the life of the Plains Indians. Born: July 26, 1796, Wilkes-Barre, PA Died: December 23, 1872, Jersey City, NJ.