Cherokee Tribe
The history of the Cheyenne
Most people see Indians as mean, cruel, nasty people who speak a weird language but the Cheyenne are just the opposite.
This tribe lived in the American Great Plains region in the state of Wyoming. Where the grass covered the prairies with some streams and rivers is where you would find the Cheyenne hunting and living their lives. Where they settled is were you would see children playing and their mothers building tepees and making clothes were as there fathers are hunting and fishing.
Some of the games that the little boys would play is “the little brother of war” which is an older sibling chases the younger one around working on his agility, strength, and stamina. The girls would help there moms and make little dolls out of mud and hay or they would braid each other's hair.
While children were busy playing and learning the mothers would build tepees and make clothes and cook meals. They build tepees out of wooden poles that were covered with weather-proof animal skin such as buffalo hides. It is a cone shape with a flappy entrance rounding the base and narrowing an open smoke hole at the top. Most of these are 12-16 feet in diameter at the base. This type of home suited the nomadic lifestyle. A tepee was quickly built and easy to dismantle.
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They did not look for fights or wars normally the fights came to them and since they are such a peaceful tribe when people came looking for land such as the French or Chippewa Tribe they would force the Cheyenne to the far west to make sure they get the land. The Cheyenne were pushed around a lot until 1832 when the divided into 2 different groups called the Fox Men, Flint Men. These groups had different roles to play like the Fox Men would protect the women and children at their home and the Flint Men would go out and look for anyone suspicious or for things that might harm the people or concern
Most people see Indians as mean, cruel, nasty people who speak a weird language but the Cheyenne are just the opposite.
This tribe lived in the American Great Plains region in the state of Wyoming. Where the grass covered the prairies with some streams and rivers is where you would find the Cheyenne hunting and living their lives. Where they settled is were you would see children playing and their mothers building tepees and making clothes were as there fathers are hunting and fishing.
Some of the games that the little boys would play is “the little brother of war” which is an older sibling chases the younger one around working on his agility, strength, and stamina. The girls would help there moms and make little dolls out of mud and hay or they would braid each other's hair.
While children were busy playing and learning the mothers would build tepees and make clothes and cook meals. They build tepees out of wooden poles that were covered with weather-proof animal skin such as buffalo hides. It is a cone shape with a flappy entrance rounding the base and narrowing an open smoke hole at the top. Most of these are 12-16 feet in diameter at the base. This type of home suited the nomadic lifestyle. A tepee was quickly built and easy to dismantle.
As the women and children work and play the men …show more content…
They did not look for fights or wars normally the fights came to them and since they are such a peaceful tribe when people came looking for land such as the French or Chippewa Tribe they would force the Cheyenne to the far west to make sure they get the land. The Cheyenne were pushed around a lot until 1832 when the divided into 2 different groups called the Fox Men, Flint Men. These groups had different roles to play like the Fox Men would protect the women and children at their home and the Flint Men would go out and look for anyone suspicious or for things that might harm the people or concern