Cheyenne Nation

Linguistic group: Algonkian

History

Brief Timeline

1804: Lewis and Clark encountered the Cheyenne tribe near the Black Hills of South Dakota. 

1860: Battles of Ash Hollow and Sand Creek

1876: the Northern Cheyenne helped defeat General George Armstron Custer's forces at the Little Bighorn

1884: Northern Cheyenne granted a reservation lands in Montana

Reservations

Southern Cheyenne had settled in southern then moved to Oklahoma

Northern Cheyenne Indian Territory - Oklahoma

Currently there are Reservations in Oklahoma and Montana

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Cheyenne tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in David Bushnell's Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.

Tribal Headquarters

Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Box 128
Lame Deer, Montana 59043
Phone: (406) 477-6284
Fax: (406) 477-6210

Records

Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962  Roll Number	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M595  RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Cheyenne	Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, 1824-1952	Fort Worth	Rolls 119-26		Rolls 11, 16-17, 27-32,362-67,425, 478-79, 574-79	573873-877, 574191
Cheyenne	Upper Arkansas Agency,1855-74	Washington D.C.	Rolls 878-82		-
Cheyenne	Upper Missouri Agency, 1824-46	Washington D.C.	Rolls 883-88		-
Cheyenne	Upper Platte  Agency, 1846-70	Washington D.C.	Rolls 889-96		-
Cheyenne	Red Cloud (Pine Ridge) Agency, 1867-1961	Kansas City	Rolls 715-26		Rolls 362-69	573873-877, 574191
Cheyenne	Red Moon Census, 1909-12, 1914-16	Fort Worth	-		Roll 425	573873-877, 574191
Cheyenne	Cantonment Agency, 1903-27	Fort Worth	-		Rolls 16-17	563873-877, 574191
Cheyenne	Seger School(ConchoAgency), 1891-1952	Fort Worth	-		Roll 479	see above
Cheyenne, Northern	Northern Cheyenne Agency, 1884-1952	Seattle	-		-
Cheyenne, Northern	Tongue River Agency,     1886-1939	Washington D.C.	-		Rolls 574-79	see above

Treaties

• July 6, 1825, at mouth of Teton River
• September 17, 1851, at Fort Laramie
• September 24, 1857, referred to in Pawnee treaty
• February 18, 1861, at Fort Wise
• October 14, 1865, at Little Arkansas River
• October 17, 1865,
• October 28, 1867, at Council Camp
• May 10, 1868, at Fort Laramie

Vital Records

• Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency: M595. births and deaths 1925-1934 FHL Film: 574191
• Cheyenne River Agency,  M595, births and deaths  1925-1932 FHL Film: 574198
• Cheyenne River Agency, M595 births and deaths 1932-1941 FHL Film: 574199

Important Web Sites

• History of the Cheyenne Indians
• Official web site of the Northern Cheyenne Nation
• Wikipedia article on the Cheyenne Nation

References

Bibliography

• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
• Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
• Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.

Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean

Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America

Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau

Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands

• Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
  

Volume 1 -- Not yet published

Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751

Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371

Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.

Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.

Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.

Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311

Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.

Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.

Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.

Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.

Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.

Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643

Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176

Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.

Volume 16 -- Not yet published

Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746

Volume 18 -- Not yet published

Volume 19 -- Not yet published

Volume 20 -- Not yet published

• Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
• Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.

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