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Any of more than 20 species of black songbirds in the genus Corvus (family Corvidae) that are smaller than most ravens and less heavily billed. They are named for the sound of their call. Common crows are found in N. America and Eurasia. They eat grain, berries, insects, carrion, and the eggs of other birds. Crows may damage grain crops, but they also eat many economically harmful insects. At times crows roost together in the tens of thousands, but most species do not nest in colonies. The crows are considered the most intelligent of all birds, and pet crows can be taught to imitate speech.

Plains Indian people of Siouan language stock, historically affiliated with the Hidatsa. They occupied the area around the Yellowstone River in N Wyoming and S Montana. Much of Crow life revolved around the buffalo and the horse. The Crow were prominent as middleman traders, trading horses, bows, and other items to local village Indians in return for guns and metal goods that they carried to the Shoshone in Idaho. The basic element in Crow religious life was the supernatural vision, induced by fasting and isolation. The Crow continually suffered losses from wars with the Blackfoot and Sioux and sided with the whites in the Indian wars of the 1860s and '70s. In 1868 they accepted a reservation carved from former tribal lands in S Montana. Today they number about 6,500.

Any of more than 20 species of black songbirds in the genus Corvus (family Corvidae) that are smaller than most ravens and less heavily billed. They are named for the sound of their call. Common crows are found in N. America and Eurasia. They eat grain, berries, insects, carrion, and the eggs of other birds. Crows may damage grain crops, but they also eat many economically harmful insects. At times crows roost together in the tens of thousands, but most species do not nest in colonies. The crows are considered the most intelligent of all birds, and pet crows can be taught to imitate speech.

Plains Indian people of Siouan language stock, historically affiliated with the Hidatsa. They occupied the area around the Yellowstone River in N Wyoming and S Montana. Much of Crow life revolved around the buffalo and the horse. The Crow were prominent as middleman traders, trading horses, bows, and other items to local village Indians in return for guns and metal goods that they carried to the Shoshone in Idaho. The basic element in Crow religious life was the supernatural vision, induced by fasting and isolation. The Crow continually suffered losses from wars with the Blackfoot and Sioux and sided with the whites in the Indian wars of the 1860s and '70s. In 1868 they accepted a reservation carved from former tribal lands in S Montana. Today they number about 6,500.


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