Post on 23-Feb-2016
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CHEYENNE TRIBE
By: Nathan Nauta
LIVEThe Cheyenne Indians were
far-ranging people, especially once they
acquired horses. By the time the Americans met them they were living on the Great Plains in what is
now South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska,
Colorado, and Kansas. The US government forced the
Cheyenne's to move to Oklahoma during the
1800's, but some escaped and fled north into Montana.
Today there are two Cheyenne tribes, one in
Oklahoma and the other in Montana.
Cheyenne lived in wigwams made out of birch-bark and dirt. After they became nomads, meaning
that they never lived in one place for a long time but kept moving
instead, they lived in tepees, which were easy to break down and rebuild. Cheyenne teepees
were made out of animal hide and had a hole in the top to release
smoke.
SHELTER
CULTUREThe Cheyenne people were driven from Minnesota to North Dakota by the Sioux.
Then General George Custer tried to move them to a reservation because
white people discovered gold. They tried to move the Sioux and Arapaho too. The
Arapaho went to the reservation because they couldn't beat Custer so the Cheyenne and the Sioux defeated Custer
in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1877.
FAMILY LIFEThe Cheyenne had an
average of two to three children and a mother and
father in one teepee or earth lodge. Once one of the
children got married, they would move out and get supplies from relatives to make their own home or
earth lodge.
PEOPLEThe Cheyenne people were
hunters, gatherers, and farmers. They moved from the Northern Great Lakes
area to Minnesota Territory and settled there. Then they were driven to North Dakota by the Sioux and had many
battles with them. General George Custer
tried to move the Cheyenne, Sioux, and Arapaho but
none of the Native Americas moved. Finally the Arapaho
gave up and moved to a reservation but the
Cheyenne and the Sioux stayed because the land was given to them by the
government. Custer and his 300 troops died in a battle called the Battle of Little
Bighorn fought by the Cheyenne and the Sioux.
CHEYENNE PICTURES
PICTURE OF MAP
PICTURE OF SHELTER
PICTURE OF CULTURE
PICTURE OF FAMILY
PICTURE OF PEOPLE