**Reporter**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9378) / @wesm **Assignee**: [Matthew Topol](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9378) / @zeroshade #### Related issues: - [[Format] Permit unsigned dictionary indices in Columnar.rst](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25354) (is a child of) - [[Go] add support for DictionaryArray](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/19399) (is fixed by) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-9378](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9378). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>