The Southern Cheyennes

Author : Donald J. Berthrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Cheyenne Indians
ISBN : UOM:49015000027624

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The Southern Cheyennes by Donald J. Berthrong Pdf

For almost fifty years George Bird Grinnell's great work The Fighting Cheyennes has stood unrevised and virtually unchallenged as the definitive account of the struggles of the Cheyenne Indians to preserve their way of life. Now Donald J. Berthrong has re-examined Grinnell's findings and searched historical records unavailable to or not used by Grinnell to verify or correct his conclusions. The result is this accurate, highly interesting account of the Cheyennes' life on the Great Plains, their system of government and religion, and their relation to the fur and hide trade during their last years of freedom. After nearly two centuries of fighting other Indians and whites for their lands, in the eighteenth century the Cheyenne's were forced to shift their range from the Minnesota River Valley to the Central and Southern Plains. From 1861 through 1875, they fought to maintain their free, nomadic existence. There were bloody wars with territorial forces and federal troops, and a few years of intermittent peace and retaliation (including the massacre at Sand Creek in 1864). Finally, after the intensive winter campaign of 1874-75, the fierce Southern Cheyenne's were brought to bay by the U.S. Army and herded onto a reservation in western Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Their turbulent, colorful history related by Berthrong will interest the general reader as well as the historian and anthropologist

Author : Virginia Giglio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Music
ISBN : 0806126051

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Southern Cheyenne Women's Songs by Virginia Giglio Pdf

A study of contemporary Southern Cheyenne women's music, including an overview of Cheyenne culture and history as well as analyses of 32 songs and their variants: lullabies and children's songs, hand-game songs, social songs, and Christian spiritual songs. A sampling of closely related Arapaho India

Author : Jerome A. Greene
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0806135514

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Washita : the U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869 by Jerome A. Greene Pdf

In this remarkably balanced history, Jerome A. Greene describes Custer attack on the Cheyenne at the Washita River--its causes, conduct, and consequences--even as he addresses the multiple controversies surrounding the conflict.

Author : Jerome A. Greene
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806179995

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Washita by Jerome A. Greene Pdf

An evenhanded account of a tragic clash of cultures On November 27, 1868, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer attacked a Southern Cheyenne village along the Washita River in present-day western Oklahoma. The subsequent U.S. victory signaled the end of the Cheyennes’ traditional way of life and resulted in the death of Black Kettle, their most prominent peace chief. In this remarkably balanced history, Jerome A. Greene describes the causes, conduct, and consequences of the event even as he addresses the multiple controversies surrounding the conflict. As Greene explains, the engagement brought both praise and condemnation for Custer and carried long-range implications for his stunning defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn eight years later.

Author : Stan Hoig
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1990-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0806122625

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The Peace Chiefs of the Cheyennes by Stan Hoig Pdf

A Plains tribe that subsisted on the buffalo, the Cheyennes depended for survival on the valor and skill of their braves in the hunt and in battle. The fiery spirit of the young warriors was balanced by the calm wisdom of the tribal headmen, the peace chiefs, who met yearly as the Council of the Forty-four. "A Cheyenne chief was required to be a man of peace, to be brave, and to be of generous heart," writes Stan Hoig. "Of these qualities the first was unconditionally the most important, for upon it rested the moral restraint required for the warlike Cheyenne Nation." As the Cheyennes began to feel the westward crush of white civilization in the nineteenth century, a great burden fell to the peace chiefs. Reconciliation with the whites was the tribe's only hope for survival, and the chiefs were the buffers between their own warriors and the United States military, who were out to "win the West." The chiefs found themselves struggling to maintain the integrity of their people-struggling against overwhelming military forces, against disease, against the debauchery brought by "firewater," and against the irreversible decline of their source of livelihood, the buffalo. They were trapped by history in a nearly impossible position. Their story is a heroic epic and, oftentimes, a tragedy. No single book has dealt as intensively as this one with the institution of the peace chiefs. The author has gleaned significant material from all available published sources and from contemporary newspapers. A generous selection of photographs and extensive quotations from ninteteenth-century observers add to the authenticity of the text. Following a brief analysis of the Sweet Medicine legend and its relation to the Council of the Forty-four, the more prominent nineteenth-century chiefs are treated individually in a lucid, felicitous style that will appeal to both students and lay readers of Indian history. As adopted Cheyenne chief Boyce D. Timmons says in his preface to this volume, "Great wisdom, intellect, and love are expressed by the remarkable Cheyenne chiefs, and if you enter their tipi with an open heart and mind, you might have some understanding of the great 'Circle of Life.'"

Author : D. L. Birchfield
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836837010

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Cheyenne by D. L. Birchfield Pdf

The Cheyennes were originally a woodland people. Today, the tribe is divided between the Northern Cheyennes and the Southern Cheyennes--both actively governing themselves, protecting their land, and passing on their culture and religion.

Author : Donald J. Berthrong
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : 0806124164

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The Cheyenne and Arapaho Ordeal by Donald J. Berthrong Pdf

This book recounts the reservation period of the Cheyennes and the Arapahoes in western Oklahoma and the following fifteen years. It is an investigation-and an indictment-of the assimilation and reservation policies thrust upon them in the latter half of the nineteenth century, policies that succeeded only in doing enormous damage to sturdy, vital people. Confined to a reservation in the Indian Territory in 1875, the Southern Cheyennes and their neighbors, the Arapahoes, traditionally hunting and mobile societies, were forced into the federal government's image of "educated, Christian farmer-citizens." Lacking the support of adequate appropriations or protective legislation, the Cheyennes' lives were dominated by hunger, disease, and despair. Continuing niggardliness on the part of Congress in providing adequate agricultural equipment and instruction and an environment hostile to cultivation made agricultural self-sufficiency all but impossible. The continued reduction of their land base through allotments under the 1887 Dawes Act and later leasing and sale of land to whites further eroded the Indians' meager sources of income and security. An educational policy that left Cheyenne children without hope of jobs, the banning of traditional religious ceremonies, the prejudice of white citizens and institutions, and the undermining of the roles of head men and medicine men led to further despair. But, as the author demonstrates, despite these crushing burdens and in the face of the slow and inevitable changes in the society, the Southern Cheyennes retained their identity, a testimony to their courage and character. This well-documented, compassionate account of the ordeal of the two tribes serves as a classic example of what happened to America's Indians at the hands of the whites.

Author : William Y. Chalfant
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 080613500X

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Cheyennes and Horse Soldiers by William Y. Chalfant Pdf

In July 1857, the first major battle between the U.S. Army and the Cheyenne Indians took place in present-day northwest Kansas. The Cheyennes had formed a grand line of battle such as was never again seen in Plains Indians wars. But they had not seen sabres before, and when the cavalry charged, sabres drawn, they panicked. William Y. Chalfant re-creates the human dimensions of a battle that was as much a clash of cultures as it was a clash of the U.S. cavalry and Cheyenne warriors.

Author : Stan Hoig
Publisher : Dutton Juvenile
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cheyenne Indians
ISBN : 0525650881

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People of the Sacred Arrows by Stan Hoig Pdf

Depicts the background, beliefs, and past and present way of life of the Southern Cheyennes.

Author : George Bird Grinnell
Publisher : Digital Scanning Inc
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781582183909

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The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell Pdf

This book deals with the wars of the Cheyennes. A fighting and fearless people, the tribe was almost constantly at war with its neighbors. This account follows the local tribal wars and the eventual Indian wars between the westward moving settlers. A reprint of the 1916 edition with a additional appendix that has been added from the Smithsonian Institutions Handbook of North American Indians Bulletin 30.

Author : Shalini Saxena
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482419849

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The Cheyenne People by Shalini Saxena Pdf

The remarkable Cheyenne have adapted to many changes throughout their history. In the 1700s, they shifted from an agricultural lifestyle to one focusing on hunting buffalo on the Great Plains. They had to adapt again in the 1870s after they were forced onto reservations. Readers will be introduced to the rich culture of the Northern and Southern Cheyenne through fascinating facts about their language, tribal societies, traditional clothing, and life on the reservations then and now. Historic photographs and colorful maps support the valuable insights into this important native people.

Author : John O'Mara
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781978521827

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The Cheyenne by John O'Mara Pdf

The Cheyenne began as farmers in the Great Lakes area, but migrated to the Plains where they became nomadic hunters. This remarkable people has seen great hardship and conflict throughout their past, including a role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Yet, an irrepressible spirit helped the culture survive to modern times. This noteworthy book focuses on this important native culture of which thousands of descendants still live in the United States. The accessible narrative includes an overview of Cheyenne history, their traditions, and their way of life in modern times.

Author : United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Cheyenne Indians
ISBN : MINN:31951D03265124A

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The Cheyennes by United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs Pdf

Author : William Young Chalfant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Cheyenne Indians
ISBN : 0806128623

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Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek by William Young Chalfant Pdf

His recounting of the lives of the Indian and military participants, both leading up to and following the battle, is sure to appeal both to scholars of the Indian wars and to the general reader.

Author : Terra Rose Maron
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499416794

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Cheyenne by Terra Rose Maron Pdf

Once a powerful nation commanding the Great Plains of the United States throughout the nineteenth century, the story of the Cheyenne people is one of challenges and acceptance. The strong and proud Cheyenne have encountered many hardships throughout their history, including dangerous battles, the loss of land, and modern-day economic struggles. Beautiful artwork and eye-catching photography thrust readers into Cheyenne culture and way of life, spanning historical roots to life on the reservation today.