Gros Ventre
The Gros Ventre (US: /ˈɡroʊvɒnt/ GROH-vont, French: [ɡʁo vɑ̃tʁ]; meaning "big belly"), also known as the Aaniiih, A'aninin, Haaninin, Atsina, and White Clay, are a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe located in northcentral Montana. Today, the Gros Ventre people are enrolled in the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana, a federally recognized tribe with 7,000 members, also including the Assiniboine people.
Assiniboin Boy, a Gros Ventre man, photo by Edward S. Curtis | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,682 (2000 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Montana) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Gros Ventre | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Sun Dance, traditional religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arapaho, Cheyenne |
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