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'''Ancestral Lands: '''Great Lakes region, and thence to Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
==== Brief Timeline ==== | ==== Brief Timeline ==== | ||
1851: Treaty at Fort Laramie which supposedly gave Cheyenne and other tribes land between thePlatte and Arkansas Rivers, in what became Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and western Kansas. | |||
1859: Colorado gold rush displaced the Indians from their promised lands | |||
1876: Battle of the Little Big Horn took place on 25 June 1876 | |||
1877: Cheyenne surrendered and were removed to the Southern Cheyenne Reservation in Indian Territory | |||
1878: In the fall of 1878, part of the Northern Cheyenne were allowed to go back north. | |||
1884: Tongue River Reservation was established for the Northern Cheyenne on 16 November by executive order of President Chester A. Arthur. | |||
1884: St. Labres Catholic Indian Boarding School was established at site of Ashland, Montana | |||
1900: The Tongue River Reservation was enlarged by executive order on 19 March 1900 to include from the west bank of the Tongue River to the eastern boundary of the Crow Reservation | |||
1935: Constitution and bylaws of the Northern Cheyenne was approved on 23 November 1935, under the Indian Reorganization Act. | |||
==== Brief History ==== | ==== Brief History ==== | ||
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==== Reservations ==== | ==== Reservations ==== | ||
This tribe is primarily associated with the [[Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Montana)|Northern Cheyenne Reservation]] in Montana. | This tribe is primarily associated with the [[Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Montana)|Northern Cheyenne Reservation]] in southern Montana. | ||
==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ==== | ==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ==== | ||
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== Important Web Sites == | == Important Web Sites == | ||
*[http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/ncheycons.html Constitutions and By-Laws] of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the | *[http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/ncheycons.html Constitutions and By-Laws] of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Tongue River Reservation, Approved November 23, 1935 | ||
*[http://www.cheyennenation.com/ Northern Cheyenne Tribe] Official Website | *[http://www.cheyennenation.com/ Northern Cheyenne Tribe] Official Website | ||
*Cheyenne Tribe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne Wikipedia] | *Cheyenne Tribe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne Wikipedia] | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cheyenne_Indian_Reservation Wikipedia] article on Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation | ||
== References == | == References == | ||