Editing Crow people (section)

===Historical subgroups===
By the early 19th century, the Apsáalooke fell into three independent groupings, who came together only for common defense:<ref>[http://amertribes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=siouan&action=display&thread=764 Crow names], American Tribes</ref>

* '''Ashalaho''' ('Many Lodges', today called Mountain Crow), '''Awaxaawaxammilaxpáake''' ('Mountain People'), or '''Ashkúale''' ('The Center Camp'). The Ashalaho or Mountain Crow, the largest Crow group, split from the Awatixa Hidatsa and were the first to travel west. (McCleary 1997: 2–3)., (Bowers 1992: 21) Their leader No Intestines had received a [[Vision (spirituality)|vision]] and led his band on a long [[Human migration|migratory]] search for [[sacred tobacco]], finally settling in southeastern [[Montana]]. They lived in the Rocky Mountains and foothills along the Upper Yellowstone River, on the present-day Wyoming-Montana border, in the Big Horn and Absaroka Range (also Absalaga Mountains); the [[Black Hills]] comprised the eastern edge of their territory.
* '''Binnéessiippeele''' ('Those Who Live Amongst the River Banks'), today called River Crow or '''Ashshipíte''' ('The Black Lodges') The Binnéessiippeele, or River Crow, split from the Hidatsa proper, according to tradition because of a dispute over a bison stomach. As a result, the Hidatsa called the Crow Gixáa-iccá—"Those Who Pout Over Tripe".<ref>Bowers 1992: 23</ref><ref>Lowie 1993: 272–275</ref> They lived along the Yellowstone and Musselshell rivers south of the Missouri River and in the river valleys of the Big Horn, Powder and Wind rivers. This area was historically known as the [[Powder River Country]]. They sometimes traveled north up to the [[Milk River (Alberta–Montana)|Milk River]].
* '''Eelalapito''' (Kicked in the Bellies) or '''Ammitaalasshé''' (Home Away From The center, that is, away from the Ashkúale – "Mountain Crow").<ref>Timothy P. McCleary: ''The Stars We Know: Crow Indian Astronomy and Lifeways'', Waveland Press Inclusive, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-88133-924-6}}</ref><ref>Lowie 1912: 183–184</ref> They claimed the area known as the [[Bighorn Basin]], from the Bighorn Mountains in the east to the Absaroka Range to the west, and south to the Wind River Range in northern Wyoming. Sometimes they settled in the [[Owl Creek Mountains]], [[Bridger Mountains (Montana)|Bridger Mountains]] and along the [[Sweetwater River (Wyoming)|Sweetwater River]] in the south.<ref>[http://www.turtleislandstorytellers.net/tis_montana/transcript_b_old_coyote.htm Barney Old Coyote] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112151548/http://www.turtleislandstorytellers.net/tis_montana/transcript_b_old_coyote.htm |date=12 January 2012 }}, Turtle Island Storyteller</ref>

Apsaalooke [[oral tradition|oral history]] describes a fourth group, the '''Bilapiluutche''' ("Beaver Dries its Fur"), who may have merged with the [[Kiowa]] in the second half of the 17th century.