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Cheyenne Of the Great Plains

Cheyenne Of the Great Plains. Isabella Duque Laura Pava Eduardo Uribe. Location. PICTURE:. Located in the Central part of USA From the Rocky mountains to the Mississippi river. Today they are settled in Montana and Oklahoma. History.

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Cheyenne Of the Great Plains

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  1. Cheyenne Of the Great Plains Isabella Duque Laura Pava Eduardo Uribe

  2. Location PICTURE: • Located in the Central part of USA • From the Rocky mountains to the Mississippi river. • Today they are settled in Montana and Oklahoma.

  3. History • First Cheyenne belonged to The Sioux tribe and then separate about in the middle of the 1700’s. • Lewis and Clark expedition found Cheyenne in black Hills after their separation by the preserve of Sioux. • The Cheyenne made an alliance with the Sutaio tribe, this helped them for trading and more things. • They first lived in the Eastern part of the country and then they had to move to the Plains, about in the 1800, they said that with this move they lost corn.

  4. EUROPEANS • When Europeans arrived they brought horses which became a way of transportation. • And also brought many guns for them. • When Europeans came, they were attacked and their crops were destroyed and forced to send their children away to school. PICTURES:

  5. They were forced to go to the SCHOOL

  6. Religion and Beliefs • They Believed in 2 main Gods the Hemmawihio, and Ahktunowihia. • Hemmawihio, was the god of Above, and they believed that he was the one who taught them how to plant. • Ahktunowihia was the god of down, he managed the powers of nature, thunder, and under water spirits. PICTURES:

  7. Language • The Cheyenne Language is descendant from the Algonquin (are an aboriginal North American people) language family. • Their alphabet contained only 14 letters • U.S.A government is working in converting Cheyenne language to an English only speaking tribe.

  8. PICTURES: • Cheyenne were hunters and Gathers • They traded food with other tribes • They were rich in Buffalo meat • They also planted pumpkins and other vegetables • Antelope was a very common meal. Food

  9. Traditions PICTURES: • The Sun dance was one of the most important ceremony for them. • The story telling was another important tradition that could only be said by certain people. • They hung Dream catchers over their beds, for protection from bad dreams. • The older men made bows, arrows and pipes.

  10. Clothing PICTURES: • The Cheyenne women wore long dresses, made from deer and buffalo skin. • The Cheyenne men started wearing leather leggings and then not so heavy clothes. • And accessories made out of feathers.

  11. Science and Technology • Horses were brought from Spaniers, and they replaced dogs for them • Made Teepees from Buffalo skin, and used them to follow buffalo herds. • The families that weren't nomads lived in Hogans that have 6 sides made of logs. The roof is made of adobe. • Travois which were kind of sleds pulled by horses, helped them for transportation. • Cheyenne warriors used powerful bows and arrows, war clubs, spears, and hide shields. PICTURES:

  12. Cheyenne women were in charged of home, cleaning, cooking and planting. • They built families house, and dragged the heavy posts. • Houses belonged to women • Men were the only ones that could be chiefs, they protected their family and were warriors. • Both made art and story telling. ROLES PICTURES:

  13. KEY CHARACTER • Black Kettle, was a man that promoted peace to the Cheyenne tribe after surviving the Sand creek Massacre, in which many of his people died, he helped them survive. PICTURES:

  14. CONCLUSION • In conclusion we think that Cheyenne people were a tribe of admiration, they though us that after many conflicts that they had, thy could continue, change their way of life. Also that Black Kettle was a man of honor, that after surviving a sand creek massacre he could promote peace to the entire tribe, and even to Europeans to stop war. It was a project that we enjoyed doing and helped us understand a little more of United States history.

  15. Bibliographies • "Cheyenne Indian History." Cheyenne History. 2003. Handbook of American Indians. 2 Nov 2008 <http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/cheyenne/cheyennehist.htm>. • "Black Kettle." Black Kettle. 2001. THE WEST FILM PROJECT . 30 Oct 2008 <http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/blackkettle.htm>. • Grinell, Gearge. "Cheyenne." Cheyenne. 2001. 1 Nov 2008 <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/cheyenne.html>. • "Cheyenne." Cheyenne-Religion. 2008. 1 Nov 2008 <http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Cheyenne-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html>. • Hoebel, E., Adamson. "Black Kettle." Black Kettle Cheyenne Chief. 2003. 3 Nov 2008 http://www.lastoftheindependents.com/BlackKettle.html.

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