Cheyenne
In the 17th century Cheyenne communities were found on the prairies of southern Minnesota, where they combined farming with hunting. At the beginning of the 18th century, in response to endemic warfare between themselves and their neighbors (the Dakota Sioux &Ojibwa) over the rich bison, elk, and beaver resources of the Minnesota prairie, the Cheyenne moved westward, settling in eastern North Dakota. There they took up a lifestyle much like that of the Mandan &Hidatsa farther west: residing in earth lodges surrounded by fortification ditches, growing maize, beans, &squash, and riding horses onto the plains to hunt buffalo.
By the end of the 18th century, the Cheyenne once again moved westward, abandoning their earth lodges &becoming wholly nomadic tipi dwellers, transporting their worldly possessions on horses as they hunted buffalo. However, women continued to prepare &plant fields of maize &beans in river bottom lands on the Plains, areas to which the people would return after the long summer bison hunts.
On the plains the Cheyenne met a linguistically allied group, the Sutai, who taught them the Sun Dance ceremony and let them share in the protective power of the sacred Medicine Hat. By the mid-19th century, the Cheyenne hunted in &defended a territory in eastern Colorado and western South Dakota that included the Black Hills. But their power lasted less than a single generation: when the bison herds failed in the 1870s and 1880s, the Cheyenne had to yield before U.S. army campaigns &accept reservations that split them, one part taking a western Oklahoma settlement and the other part settling on land adjacent to the Crow reservation in southern Montana.
Task
I. Answer the following questions:
1-Which were the settlements of the Cheyenne?
2- Which were the commercial activities of Cheyenne?
3- What do you think about their ceremonies and beliefs?
4-What language did the Cheyenne speak?
5- What can you say about daily life of Cheyennes?
6-What was Cheyenne clothing like? Did they wear feather headdresses and face paint?
7-What do you know about Cheyenne religion?
8-What do you think about Native American Indians music styles?
9-What do you think are the challenges northern Cheyenne are facing and how are they overcome these challenges?
10- Select one of the following books and make a short essay about it.
Cheyenne Autumn, Death of the Iron Horse, The Cheyenne and Arapaho Ordeal or Native American books.
Good luck!!!
By the end of the 18th century, the Cheyenne once again moved westward, abandoning their earth lodges &becoming wholly nomadic tipi dwellers, transporting their worldly possessions on horses as they hunted buffalo. However, women continued to prepare &plant fields of maize &beans in river bottom lands on the Plains, areas to which the people would return after the long summer bison hunts.
On the plains the Cheyenne met a linguistically allied group, the Sutai, who taught them the Sun Dance ceremony and let them share in the protective power of the sacred Medicine Hat. By the mid-19th century, the Cheyenne hunted in &defended a territory in eastern Colorado and western South Dakota that included the Black Hills. But their power lasted less than a single generation: when the bison herds failed in the 1870s and 1880s, the Cheyenne had to yield before U.S. army campaigns &accept reservations that split them, one part taking a western Oklahoma settlement and the other part settling on land adjacent to the Crow reservation in southern Montana.
Task
I. Answer the following questions:
1-Which were the settlements of the Cheyenne?
2- Which were the commercial activities of Cheyenne?
3- What do you think about their ceremonies and beliefs?
4-What language did the Cheyenne speak?
5- What can you say about daily life of Cheyennes?
6-What was Cheyenne clothing like? Did they wear feather headdresses and face paint?
7-What do you know about Cheyenne religion?
8-What do you think about Native American Indians music styles?
9-What do you think are the challenges northern Cheyenne are facing and how are they overcome these challenges?
10- Select one of the following books and make a short essay about it.
Cheyenne Autumn, Death of the Iron Horse, The Cheyenne and Arapaho Ordeal or Native American books.
Good luck!!!
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