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Title: Cheyenne Plains Indians


1
Cheyenne Plains Indians
  • By
  • Nicolette M.
  • Joseph H.
  • Logan F.
  • Steven B.

2
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.

3
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.

4
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.

5
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.

6
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.

7
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.

8
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.

9
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.
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