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Cheyennes
The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the '''Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the (also spelled Tsitsistas''', ); the tribes merged in the early 19th century. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma, and the Northern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. The Cheyenne language belongs
Cheyenne
indigenous language of the United States
Sand Creek massacre
massacre of a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in the American Indian Wars
Great Sioux War of 1876
battles and negotiations between the US and the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne between 1876–1877
Battle of Washita River
1868 battle between the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne
Dog Soldiers
military society of the Cheyenne Nation
Red River War
military campaign launched by the United States Army in 1874
Bear Butte
mountain and Plains Indians religious site, host to a South Dakota state park
Cheyenne military societies
traditional institution of the Cheyenne nation
Treaty of Fort Wise
1861 treaty between the United States and representatives of the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Medicine Lodge Treaty
treaty