Guide Note:

The Cheyenne Tribe occupied the area known as the "Great Plains," from Colorado to South Dakota, until the mid-ninteenth century. The tribe is currently split into two groups - the "Northern Cheyenne" who occupy a reservation in Southeast Montana and the "Southern Cheyenne" who live in central Oklahoma. There are currently about 10,000 members of the tribe living in the United States.

Fast Facts:

Region: Great Plains
Language: Cheyenne
Nations: Masikota, Sutai, Tsitsistas
Related Tribes: Algonquian
Current Population: 10,000
Fought in Battle of the Little Bighorn

Key Figures

Morning Star: Chief of the Northern Cheyenne during the mid-19th Century, he allied his people with the Dakota Tribe to militarily oppose the U.S. Army in 1876.

Black Kettle: Cheyenne Chief in the mid-19th Century, Black Kettle signed the Treaty of Fort Wise in 1861, agreeing to house his people at the Sand Creek Reservation. He was betrayed by the Colorado Cavalry, who slaughtered 163 Cheyenne at Sand Creek in November of 1864.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell: U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005, he was, for a time, the only Native American serving in the Congress.

Categories

History | U.S. History | Native American History

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Cheyenne Tribe

The Mahalo Top 7

Official Site: Northern Cheyenne Nation
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
Informational Site: Cheyenne Indian
Wikipedia: Cheyenne
PBS: Documents on the Sand Creek Massacre (1864-1865)
National Park Service: Information on the Cheyenne Indians from the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Oklahoma Historical Society: The Cheyenne Dog Soldiers

Cheyenne History

National Park Service: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Access Genealogy: Cheyenne Indian History
Meyna: Looking Back - The Cheyenne
Medicine Lodge: Black Kettle Wanted Peace
George Bird Grinnell: The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life Vol. 2
Cheyenne Genealogy: Research, History, and Cultural Background

Cheyenne Society

Religious Beliefs

Philtar: Cheyenne Religion
Indian Legend: Index of Cheyenne Legends
Manataka: Legends of Devil
Indigenous People: Tse-tsehese-staestse (Cheyenne) Literature

Traditional Dress

Son of the South: Pictures of Cheyenne Indians
The Wild West: Native American Society: Clothing

Cheyenne Culture

Access Genealogy: Cheyenne Indian Customs
Encyclopedia Britannica: Painted Buffalo Hide Depicting The Battle of the Little Bighorn
NativeTech: Ring & Pin Game
Plains Ledger Art: Plains Indian Ledger Art
Smithsonian: Tichkematse: A Cheyenne at the Smithsonian

Cheyenne Leaders and Key Figures

Indigenous People: Dull Knife | Dull Knife Photo
Indigenous People: Little Wolf | Little Wolf Photo
PBS: Black Kettle
Wikipedia: Buffalo Calf Road Woman

Cheyenne Blogs, Essays and News

National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation: Indian Remains Finally At Rest
Hanksville: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Dedicated
Google News: Cheyenne Tribe

Cheyenne Timeline

1600-1700's: Migrated from Minnesota to North Dakota
1804: Visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1851: Ft. Laramie Treaty
1859: Colorado Gold Rush
1864: Colorado War
1864: November, Sand Creek Massacre
1868: Battle of Washita River
1876: Battle of the Little Bighorn
1877: Moved to Indian Territory
1884: New reservation established near the Black Hills

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