Cheyenne Tribe Research Paper

How do you think the Cheyenne tribe has survived all these years? The Cheyenne tribe has been through many things to survive. Cheyennes were originally from the great lakes area in Minnesota and the Missouri River, but now live in Montana and Oklahoma. Cheyenne tribes have many beliefs, ceremonies, and sacred objects. Nowadays the Cheyenne faces many health issues and are trying to improve education.

Originally the Cheyenne lived in the great lakes area in Minnesota, and on the Missouri River. There they live in earth-covered log houses. The Cheyennes were farming people in the beginning. The women harvested corn, squash, and beans while the men hunted buffalo. When the Cheyenne started hunting buffalo on horseback, they started living in tipis, and pretty much gave up on farming. For seventy five years the

Cheyennes suffered severe losses. The Cheyenne nation was split in half by American relocation. The Northern Cheyenne tribe lives in Montana, and the Southern Cheyenne share a tribe with their allies the Southern Arapaho in Oklahoma.

Before the mid-1700s in their villages the Cheyenne farmed, molded pottery, and created beads from pounded glass. Their villages were on the Mississippi River in what became Minnesota. Bands of Sioux eventually pushed the Cheyennes westward to the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Cheyennes were very ceremonious, the smoking of the peace pipe was one of their rituals. One of their sacred objects were the Sacred Arrows, they were said to bring good health and good hunting. The Cheyenne believed the world was divided into seven major levels. According to the Cheyenne, Ma'heo'o, was the creator of all physical and spiritual life, including spirit-beings that took both plant and animal form.

Today, both the Northern and Southern Cheyenne retain and practice many elements of their traditional life.

Cheyennes have distinguished themselves in the twentieth century as soldiers, leaders of political organizations, and legislative bodies, including the National Congress of American Indians. Most Cheyenne people speak English today, but some, especially older people, also speak the Cheyenne language. Health issues are a big concern, with high suicide and diabetes rates. The Cheyenne, after suffering several generations of being forced to attend boarding schools, now maintain their own elementary school on their reservation.

The Cheyenne tribe has been through many wars, and lost many of their people, but they fought back, and survived. Cheyenne tribes were first from the great lakes area in Minnesota, and the Missouri River. The Cheyenne did many rituals to celebrate their accomplishments. The Cheyenne now has their own schools, but are still campaigning with the U.S. government to pay them for the Sand Creek Massacre. The Cheyenne tribes are very ceremonious, powerful, and united, and they were and are till this very

day.