Cheyennes
Great Plains people
Cheyennes is the plural of Cheyenne, referring to members of a Native American people originally from the Great Plains region of North America.
The Cheyenne Nation today comprises two federally recognized tribes: the Northern Cheyenne in Montana and the Southern Cheyenne in Oklahoma.
The term can also refer to multiple speakers of the Cheyenne language, an Algonquian language.
The Cheyennes allied with the Lakota Sioux in the 19th century.
Ceremonial tribal gathering
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- quillworkEmbroidery with porcupine spines
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
drumming · storytelling · vision quest · sweat lodge · moccasins · warrior societies · oral tradition · symbols
Open grassy flatland
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
- bisonLarge wild ox
- tipiConical hide dwelling
- lodgepoleSlender pine species
nomadic · grassland · hunting · horseback · travois · Great Plains · encampment · seasonal migration
Social group sharing ancestry
- ArapahoNative Plains nation
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- chiefTop-ranking leader
council · elders · clans · kinship · community · descendants · population · Montana
1876 Montana battle site
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- migrationMovement to new territory
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
frontier · cavalry · settlers · expansion · resistance · relocation · removal · warfare
North American language family
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- vocabularyOne's word collection
pronunciation · dialects · immersion programs · language preservation
powwow
Ceremonial tribal gathering
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- quillworkEmbroidery with porcupine spines
regalia · drumming · storytelling · vision quest · sweat lodge · moccasins · warrior societies · oral tradition · symbols · spirituality
prairie
Open grassy flatland
lodgepole · nomadic · grassland · hunting · horseback · travois · Great Plains · encampment · seasonal migration · pemmican
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
- ArapahoNative Plains nation
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
chief · council · elders · clans · kinship · community · descendants · population · Montana · Oklahoma
Little Bighorn
1876 Montana battle site
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- migrationMovement to new territory
territory · frontier · cavalry · settlers · expansion · resistance · relocation · removal · warfare · displacement
Algonquian
North American language family
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
vocabulary · pronunciation · dialects · immersion programs · language preservation
- Northern CheyenneGreat Plains indigenous nation