CHEYENNE INDIANS

THESE NATIVES BELONG TO THE ALGONQUIN FAMILY. THE CHEYENNE NATION HAS 2 TRIBES, THE SUTAIOT AND THE TSITSISTAS. AROUND 1500 THEY BRANCHED OFF OTHER TRIBES NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. IN EARLY 1800'S THEY MOVED WEST MIGRATING TO NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA. DURING THE 1800'S THE CHEYENNE FORMED A UNIFIED TRIBE WITH MORE CENTRALIZED AUTHORITY THROUGH RITUAL CEREMONIES. BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT THEY WERE ALLIED WITH SIOUX BANDS. IN THE 18TH CENTURY THEY MIGRATED WEST AWAY FROM THE LAKOTA WARRIORS. BY THE MID 1800'S THEY ALLIED WITH OTHER PLAINS TRIBES. THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PLAINS TRIBES. THE CHEYENNE FORMED INTO 10 BANDS, AND SPREAD ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS. ONE OF THEIR RITUAL CEREMONIES WAS THE SUN DANCE, A LAKOTA TYPE CEREMONY. THEY USUALLY ONLY HAD QUARRELS , NOT WARS AMONG THEIR NEIGHBORS. THEY CHEYENNE WERE PIRATES AND CAPTURED HORSES ON THE PRAIRIE OR FROM NEIGHBORING TRIBES. THE HORSE WAS VALUABLE FOR HUNTING AND TRAVELING. THE CHEYENNE NEVER WENT ON WAR PARTIES LIKE WE SEE IN THE OLD WESTERN MOVIES. AFTER 1850'S THEY WENT BY FOOT TO LEAD A WAR PARTY FOR REVENGE FOR THE DEATH OF A FRIEND OR RELATIVE. WIKIPEDIA..ORG MR- SEDIV.TRIPODS.