Cheyenne Plains Indians

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Cheyenne Plains Indians

• By
• Nicolette M.
• Joseph H.
• Logan F.
• Steven B.

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History

• The Cheyenne first lived in the Eastern Portion
  of the United States.
• Some moved west and southwest.
• Eventually they moved into the plains area in the
  woodlands of the Mississippi River Valley.
• They lived in fixed villages and used the land
  for farming.

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Environment/Resources

• The Plains Indians lived in the area of our
  country known as the great Plains.
• This group was known for its use of the buffalo.
• Their religious ceremonies, the use of rewashed
  tepee, and their war- path customs.

• The Buffalo was the most important national
  resource of the Plains Indians.
• The Plains Indians Were hunters.
• They hunted many kinds of animals, but it was the
  Buffalo that provided all their basic needs
  food, clothing, and shelter.

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Environment/Resources

• The Plains Indians believed in many gods.
• They believed the gods showed themselves in form
  of the sun, moon and stars. Anything strong and
  strange.

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Environment/Resources

• No part of the buffalo went to waste.
• The horns were used as spoons, cups and toys.
• The bones were used as tools and weapons.
• The tale was used as a fly brush or whip.
• The stomach and intestines were cleaned and used
  to carry water.
• Plains Indians ONLY killed what was needed to
  survive, never more.
• It was only used when the white man started
  moving West that the SLAUTER UNNECESSARY killing,
  of the buffalo occurred.

• Thousands of buffalo were killed for sport or to
  clear the land for the railroad.
• These animal bodies were just left on the
  prairie to rot.

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Environment/Resources

• The Cheyenne Indians lived in the Great Plains
  Area, East of the Rocky Mountains and west of the
  Mississippi River.
• Today they are settled in Montana and Oklahoma.

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Culture/Art

• The Plains Indians lived in the area of our
  country known as the Plains.
• The Indians are well known as the Great Plains
  Indians.

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Food

• During each season, sometimes they had to go
  outside their villages to get food.
• Millions of Buffalo used to live on the Grassland
  too.
• The ground shook when the Animals ran across the
  land.

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Homes/Shelters

• The Native Americans of the Plains lived in one
  of the most well known shelters, the teepee also
  (tipi or tepee.
• Another form of housekeeping and village life in
  the Eastern Plains cultures is that of Earth
  homes.