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Cheyenne Indians
The Cheyenne were Plains Indians that lived in the mid-west from Colorado into the Montana and Dakota areas.
415 Questions
Leader of the Cheyenne who were massacred at Sad Creek?
The Sand Creek massacre was an incident in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70-163 Indians, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. Chief Black Kettle was a leader of the Southern Cheyenne after 1854, who led efforts to resist white American settlement from Kansas and Colorado territories. He and his wife were among those killed in 1868 at the Battle of Washita River, in a US Army attack on their camp by George Armstrong Custer.
What is the Northern Cheyenne word for Morning Star please?
Three answers.
The Cheyenne term for the morning star seen in the sky is:
Vóóhéve or Vóóhéhe
The name "Morning Star" applied to a person is:
Vóóhéhéve
The term Morning Star People, meaning the Northern Cheyenne, is:
Vóohéhevevo'êstaneo'o
Why do people like Cheyenne nichole walker?
well people like cheyenne because she is very nice but when she needs to she can stand up for her fight i know i like her and im not just saying that because she is my friend
What was hunting like in the Cheyenne tribe?
Hunting among the Cheyenne was exactly the same as among all other tribes of the Great Plains. They were dependent entirely on horses for transport and to follow and hunt the migrating herds (as well as for warfare) - without horses all natives attempting to live among the grasslands would quickly starve.
Game animals were mainly deer, antelope and buffalo (bison), with elk and bighorn sheep featuring less frequently. In times of hardship other, smaller animals might be hunted.
Boys were taught from a very early age to harden their bodies by swimming in near-frozen creeks, to attain quick reactions by catching butterflies and to be able to run fast, as well as tracking, lighting fires, making bows and arrows and various other life skills.
Specific horses were chosen as "buffalo runners" - those that were nervous, frightened of the buffalo or difficult to control were never used in this way. The horse must be controlled entirely with the legs, since both hands were needed for the bow and arrows; it must instinctively run close to the right side of the buffalo, keeping behind its front legs and well away from the lethal horns, so that the hunter could send his arrows slightly forwards and up beneath the buffalo's ribs (hoping to penetrate heart or lungs).
Hunting buffalo was always an extremely dangerous matter, even mounted on the best horse since it might trip or veer off course, leading to a grizzly death under the hooves of the prey, or a buffalo horn in the chest.
Women and girls followed the trail of dead buffalo, identifying those killed by their own menfolk from the colours painted on the arrowshafts. It was their task to skin and butcher the animals, using horses and ropes to turn the corpses once one side of the animal was processed. The meat would be wrapped in the fresh hide, tied in a neat package and placed on a travois for transporting back to camp.
Some of the meat would be eaten immediately, most would be sun-dried on racks to preserve it.
See links below for images:
What does cheyenne mean in greek?
Cheyenne is a given name for a female and it is of Native American origin. It does not have any meaning in Greek because it is a Native American name. In Native American it means an Algonquian tribe of the Great Plains.
What are 5 houses of Native Americans?
Historically, many different types of dwelling were constructed by North American natives, depending on available resources. Some were made to be almost permanent, but most were temporary and were relatively flimsy structures. Five types of dwelling would be:
- The wikiup. This was a very small, temporary dwelling constructed by Apaches and other desert tribes; it had a framework of branches and brushwood and could be left mainly uncovered or have a covering of more brushwood, dry grass and/or trade cloth, tree bark or hides. A wikiup could be constructed very quickly and might only be used for one night, or much longer.
- The longhouse. This large and almost permanent dwelling was used by eastern woodlands tribes with access to large quantities of timber, poles, tree bark and long roots for use as rope. It was long, tall, wide and rectangular in plan, with either flat or rounded ends and either a pitched or rounded roof. Sleeping platforms were made along both internal walls and fire-pits were made along the central passageway - several families could live inside.
- The wigwam. This was a small and temporary dwelling used by eastern woodlands people - always using a framework of poles covered in birchbark sheets. Either domed or cone-shaped and only large enough for a few people, the wigwam was used by groups while travelling or hunting.
- The Plains lodge or tipi. Often very large and capable of housing several generations of an extended family, tipiswere temporary dwellings that could be rapidly put up and taken down. They used a basis of a tripod of three poles (four in the case of the Crow tribe) tied together at the top; against these further poles were placed before the cover of buffalo cow-hides was wrapped around and pinned down the front with pointed wooden skewers. Large stones were sometimes placed on the lower edge to keep out snow or wind (rings of stones today mark places where tipis were erected in the distant past).
- The plank house of the west coast. Western coastal tribes were the only native Americans to develop the skill of splitting huge cedar logs into planks, which were used to construct houses and sometimes sea-going boats. In front of each house would be erected the totem poles giving the family and clan symbols of those within.
The links below take you to images of each kind of dwelling:
When did Carlisle Indian Industrial School close?
1918. The government then reclaimed the land because it had formerly been a military base.
What does the name Cheyenne mean?
The name Cheyenne comes from the indians.Cheyenne means Beautiful or Sexy or hot
What did the Cheyenne tribes homes made from?
The Cheyenne tribes traditionally lived in tipis, which were portable dwellings made from wooden poles covered with buffalo hides or canvas. The structure was designed to be easily assembled and disassembled, allowing for mobility as they followed buffalo herds. The buffalo hides provided insulation and protection from the elements, making the tipis suitable for the Plains environment.
Why did the Cheyenne paint their faces?
For a number of reasons, some actually wear them as sun screen, fo other it's tradition and/or religion. It can also be used as status symbols "I'm important, so I can wear this pattern". But mainly it because the same reason as people wear make-up, they think they look better with it than without it.
