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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
How was Sweet Medicine important to the Cheyenne people?
Sweet Medicine was the cultural hero and prophet of the Cheyenne people. According to legend, the Creator gave Sweet Medicine the four sacred arrows (2 for use in hunting and 2 for use in war) which were directly responsible for the existence of the Cheyenne because without the ability to hunt and defend themselves, the could not be. Sweet Medicine is also used in many different what we would call folk stories that are used to teach people about how to live amongst other things. These stories were primarily passed down via oral traditions to younger generations of Cheyenne.
What does 4 bears in Native American language mean?
Your question implies that there is only one native language in the Americas, when there are really many thousands.
One noted individual with that name was the Mandan chief Mato tope (Four Bears), who was painted by George Catlin around 1833. His name came from his fury in battle, when he was said to be able to fight like four bears.
Other tribes would say that name in their own languages.
Did George Armstrong Custer have any brothers?
Yes, his younger brothers were Thomas Custer and Boston Custer, both of whom died with him at Little Big Horn.
What usually caused conflict between settlers and native Americans?
The conflict between American settlers and Native Americans was usually over territorial rights. Settlers saw the Native Americans to be obstacles to "progress". The Native Americans quite understandably were shocked to see that land that had been their homelands for centuries were now at the mercy of swarms of settlers and US Treaties that were created to basically greatly restrict where they could live.
Violence over land rights reached a serious level of violence. Much of it at the hands of settlers against the Native Americans.
The disputed lands were for the most part under Federal control. The idea that this was a capitalist vs socialist dispute is strange to say the least. Ideas that state capitalists believe they can own public resources to the exclusion of society is self contradictory.
The idea that Native Americans were socialistswould mean that they have control over the means of production. Native American tribes hunted and were growers of crops and many were also very nomadic. They respected to a point the presence of other Native American tribes, however, it was their custom to stay in recognized boundaries.
Europeans came here and imposed their society on the Native Americans, this imposition was in direct contrast of every single cultural value practiced in this land for 10,000 years before they came here. Most societies soon learned that the Europeans were not human by the standards of these cultures, they were something outside of nature.
Settlers would break treaties, bringing on disputes that led to violence. Federal treaties took advantage of Native Americans. This again led to more disputes and violence. For example, settlers and Native Americans agreed to share land but the settlers broke many of the treaties.
Sadly many Americans viewed Native Americans as inferior beings and "savages".
They stood in the way of the "Divine Providence" idea that meant that God had ordained the Continental USA to be under the control of the new Americans.
In the United States many of the conflicts between American settlers and Native Americans were territorial problems. The Federal Government would designate certain areas as "Indian reservations" thereby hoping to clear away territory for settlers. In many cases the settlers simply took over areas that were entitled to Native Americans. The resulting conflict might then escalate to violence. In other situations, Federal "announcements" to Native Americans were unclear or misunderstood. Again the result was the settlers taking control of certain territory that the Native Americans believed had been designated as theirs. This resulted in conflicts to the point of violence.
Center to the territorial problems between Native Americans and settlers was the idea that Native Americans were in the way of the American idea the "Divine Providence" notion that meant God had destined the USA to reach from coast to coast, and that Christians were meant to dominate all areas in between.
Thus Native American claims to their homelands that existed for hundreds of years, were invalid. The "reservation" system was for all practical purposes, a one sided arrangement that placed Native Americans at a disadvantage.
The history of massacres between the two groups became an ingrained mindset between the settlers and Native Americans. The US citizen view that Native Americans were wild and inferior savages added weight to incursions by the settlers.
What is the native American word for red tomato?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America. You will have to be more specific. If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:
- Abnaki, Eastern
- Achumawi
- Afro-Seminole Creole
- Ahtena
- Alabama
- Aleut
- Alsea
- Angloromani
- Apache, Jicarilla
- Apache, Kiowa
- Apache, Lipan
- Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
- Apache, Western
- Arapaho
- Arikara
- Assiniboine
- Atakapa
- Atsugewi
- Barbareño
- Biloxi
- Blackfoot
- Caddo
- Cahuilla
- Carolina Algonquian
- Carolinian
- Catawba
- Cayuga
- Chamorro
- Chehalis, Lower
- Chehalis, Upper
- Cherokee
- Chetco
- Cheyenne
- Chickasaw
- Chimariko
- Chinook
- Chinook Wawa
- Chippewa
- Chitimacha
- Choctaw
- Chumash
- Clallam
- Cocopa
- Coeur d'Alene
- Columbia-Wenatchi
- Comanche
- Coos
- Coquille
- Cowlitz
- Cree, Plains
- Crow
- Cruzeño
- Cupeño
- Dakota
- Degexit'an
- Delaware
- Delaware, Pidgin
- Esselen
- Evenki
- Eyak
- Galice
- Gros Ventre
- Gwich'in
- Halkomelem
- Han
- Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
- Hawai'i Creole English
- Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
- Hawaiian
- Hidatsa
- Ho-Chunk
- Holikachuk
- Hopi
- Hupa
- Ineseño
- Inupiaq
- Inupiatun, North Alaskan
- Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
- Iowa-Oto
- Jemez
- Jingpho
- Kalapuya
- Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
- Kansa
- Karkin
- Karok
- Kashaya
- Kato
- Kawaiisu
- Keres, Eastern
- Keres, Western
- Kickapoo
- Kiowa
- Kitsai
- Klamath-Modoc
- Koasati
- Koyukon
- Kumiai
- Kuskokwim, Upper
- Kutenai
- Lakota
- Luiseño
- Lumbee
- Lushootseed
- Mahican
- Maidu, Northeast
- Maidu, Northwest
- Maidu, Valley
- Makah
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- Mandan
- Mattole
- Menominee
- Meskwaki
- Miami
- Michif
- Micmac
- Mikasuki
- Miwok, Bay
- Miwok, Central Sierra
- Miwok, Coast
- Miwok, Lake
- Miwok, Northern Sierra
- Miwok, Plains
- Miwok, Southern Sierra
- Mohave
- Mohawk
- Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
- Mokilese
- Molale
- Mono
- Muskogee
- Nanticoke
- Natchez
- Navajo
- Nawathinehena
- Nez Perce
- Nisenan
- Nooksack
- Nottoway
- Obispeño
- Ofo
- Ohlone, Northern
- Ohlone, Southern
- Okanagan
- Omaha-Ponca
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Osage
- Ottawa
- Paiute, Northern
- Pawnee
- Piro
- Piscataway
- Plains Indian Sign Language
- Pomo, Central
- Pomo, Eastern
- Pomo, Northeastern
- Pomo, Northern
- Pomo, Southeastern
- Pomo, Southern
- Potawatomi
- Powhatan
- Purepecha
- Purisimeño
- Quapaw
- Quechan
- Quileute
- Quinault
- Salinan
- Salish, Southern Puget Sound
- Salish, Straits
- Sea Island Creole English
- Seneca
- Serrano
- Shasta
- Shawnee
- Shoshoni
- Siuslaw
- Skagit
- Snohomish
- Spanish
- Spokane
- Takelma
- Tanacross
- Tanaina
- Tanana, Lower
- Tanana, Upper
- Tenino
- Tewa
- Tillamook
- Timbisha
- Tiwa, Northern
- Tiwa, Southern
- Tlingit
- Tohono O'odham
- Tolowa
- Tonkawa
- Tsimshian
- Tübatulabal
- Tunica
- Tuscarora
- Tutelo
- Tututni
- Twana
- Umatilla
- Unami
- Ute-Southern Paiute
- Ventureño
- Wailaki
- Walla Walla
- Wampanoag
- Wappo
- Wasco-Wishram
- Washo
- Wichita
- Wintu
- Wiyot
- Wyandot
- Yakima
- Yaqui
- Yokuts
- Yuchi
- Yuki
- Yurok
- Zuni
How did the US government respond to Sand Creek massacre?
The US response to help out after the Sand Creek massacre was writing a new treaty that offered the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes other reservations. As with previous treaties federal officials did not enforce its provisions. None of the tribes ever received the land they were promised. When the US Civil War ended, it became clear that Native Tribes were in the way of US plans to settle the West. This would work out badly over the next 25 years for Native Americans.
Does it bring bad luck to a Native Americans to kill a hawk?
In my mind every killed animal brings bad luck. Hawks are said to bring good luck. To kill a hawk is to kill your good luck with it.
What MLB teams are in the Great Plains?
Only one and that would be the Colorado Rockies who play in Denver which is on the far western edge of the Great Plains.
Why are Native American groups so different?
The many Native American groups had many different customs, lifestyles, and beliefs, but the one thing that they did have most in common is the ability to live in harmony with nature. Most Native American groups learned from nature and used natural means to live. Sustaining what nature could offer them was an important factor in everything that the did.
Why did they call Chief Black Kettle his name?
Black Kettle became a chief of the Cheyenne in 1854 and almost nothing is known of his life prior to that time. The Cheyenne kept no written records and the origin of the name is uncertain.
In Cheyenne it is Mo'ôhtavetoo'o, where the element mo'ohta- means black and -vetoo'o- is a pan or cooking pot in the So'taa'e dialect.
A black cooking pot can only be an iron one obtained from white traders; perhaps at the time he was born (around 1803) such things were new and unfamiliar to the Cheyenne, so he may have been named for one of the earliest iron pans among his band of the tribe.
What Civil war general died in a standoff with Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in Montana?
George Armstrong Custer. Ever hear of the battle of the Little Big Horn?
How did David Crockett become famous?
David Crockett became famous by the spreading of tales of his escapades as a frontiersman in the early days of the West. David Crockett was also a Congressman and fought and lost his life at the Battle of the Alamo in Texas.
What kind of entertainment did the Cheyenne tribe do?
For entertainment, the Sioux Indians made different kinds of Arts and Crafts. This included making paintings, pottery, and basket weaving.
How did the Cheyenne build the lodge?
The Cheyenne built lodges by using sod (a mixture of soil held together by grass roots) and building it around a pit used for fire.
How did the introduction of Horses change the way Cheyenne Indians lived?
The effect of the introduction of horses on the Plains Indian culture was to make these people more mobile. They were able to move about more freely, and some of the Plains Indians became more warlike, attacking other tribes that had formerly been too far away.
Who led the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864?
The Cheyenne tribal leadership was, like that of most native tribes, much more complex than people today think. Most people (such as yourself) believe that each tribe was headed by a single supreme chief who behaved and was treated like a king - this is completely false.
The Cheyenne tribe was (unusually among Plains tribes) from an early date a politically unified nation. At its head was the "Keeper of the Sacred Arrows" who would have to be replaced from time to time, then a council of 44 chiefs, 4 from each of the 10 Cheyenne bands plus 4 advisers. Below these were the chiefs of the warrior societies such as the Dog Soldiers, the Bowstrings, the Fox society and the (Red) Shield society.
The warrior society leaders were entirely responsible for discipline within the tribe (acting as a kind of police force), for controlling hunts, supervising ceremonies and for military decisions and war leadership.
So, although the "Keeper of the Sacred Arrows" is at the top of this hierarchy and he might be considered a "head chief" by visiting (ignorant) white men, he actually held very little power or authority, but a great deal of responsibility.
White Americans talk about "chiefs" as if they were all of the same rank, but clearly they were not.
A treaty was concluded with several Cheyenne chiefs in 1825 - these are listed as:
Sho-e-mow-e-to-chaw-ca-we-wah-ca-to-we, or the wolf with the high back
We-che-gal-la, or the Little Moon
Ta-ton-ca-pa, or the Buffalo Head
J-a-pu, or the one who walks against the others
Some of the Cheyenne leaders were contacted and painted in the 1830s by the explorer and artist George Catlin; these included Né-hee-ó-ee-wóo-tis (Wolf on the Hill or High Wolf) who may be the same chief as the first named above.
Cannibalism is feeding on one's own species. Anthropophagy is the technical term for cannibalism. It is often considered a psychosexual or fetish disorder. This is basically because anthropophagy is often included among the sexual disorders.
How where the plains Indians nearly destroyed?
Like most Native American tribes, the plains tribes were nearly destroyed by disease. The Native Americans had no resistance to upper respiratory infections like influenza. As soon as first contact was made with the Europeans, depopulation of the Native Americans started. Some research suggests that the Native Americans were depopulated by as much as 90% by the late 1800s.
How many people died at the sand creek massacre?
Though there is no exact number, Colonel J.M. Chivington states in a testimony before the United States Congress that around five-six hundred Native Americans were killed. The breakdown of sex, and age of the deceased is also uncertain.
