Cheyenne Indian Tribe

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Who really are the Cheyenne Indians? According to historians, they were Indian people who became nomadic and moved to the Great Plains in the 18th century (Berkin 366). Another tribe, the Souix, developed the name of "people of a different language" for the Cheyenne. Some people said that the Cheyenne did not exist until the mid-1600s or at least this is when the earliest known records were found. They are one of the most famous and prominent Plains tribes, too.

At first, this tribe moved from the Great Lakes region to the North Dakota area. This happened in the 1600-1700s. Also at this time, the Cheyenne were a sedentary tribe who relied on agriculture and pottery. Though, in the 1800s, they decided to abandon this lifestyle and become nomadic and move to South Dakota (Black Hills), Wyoming, and Colorado areas. No matter where the Cheyenne lived, they always kept their natural language, which was part of the Algonquin language family (Lewis). The Cheyenne tribe, like other tribes, had their own lifestyle, beliefs, and customs and also had conflicts with the whites. Even today, the Cheyenne Indians exist and are living well.

The Cheyenne Indians had quite an interesting life and many different customs that even live on today. The daily life of a Cheyenne always began before the sun rose. Women and men each had their own separate duties for the day. The women would prepare the meals while the men and boys would herd up the horses back to their camp. Each day, also, there were daily activities announced to everyone in the tribe. These activities included the children to go out and play for most of the day, the women would clean and have their time to converse with the other women, and the men would go out and play w...

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...dian, you must fight for your nation and tribe and never give up. This proverb just shows how strong, fearless, and determined the Cheyenne Indians were because they basically say their nation cannot be conquered.

Works Cited

Berkin, Carol, Robert W. Cherny, James L. Gormly, and Christopher L. Miller. Making

America: A History of the United States. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

"Cheyenne Indian History." Access Genealogy Indian Tribal Records. 2006. 23 Mar 2007

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/cheyenne/cheyennehist.htm>.

Hoig, Stan. The Peace Chiefs of the Cheyenne. Norman: Oklahoma UP, 1980

Lewis, Orrin, and Laura Redish. "Native Americans: Cheyenne Indian Tribe." Native

Languages of the Americas website. 1998. 23 Mar 2007 .

Svingen, Orlan J. The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 1877-1900. Niwot:

Colorado UP, 1993.

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