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By: Cagan, Mike, Derek, and Ayan
Beliefs and Custom
Believed everything had a living spirit
Great spirit-Wakan Tanka
Before hunting men sang, danced, beat drums
Myth
Cycle of life
Medicine dance
Sun dance
Location
Another name of the
place they lived on is
called the Great
Plains
Cheyenne lived in Texas,
Indiana,Kansas,and New
Mexico.`
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Shelter
Their tipis was made from buffalo hides.
The Cheyenne got hides for their shelter from buffalo.
Tipi walls were
needle.
hides sewn together with a buffalo-bone
They used logs to build the tipis.
Farmers had a earth lodge to live in.
An earth
lodge was round and made of clay
and grass.
Food
They ate a lot buffalo.
Also they ate some bison.
The Cheyenne got food, but it was hard.
The Cheyenne ate wild berries.
They ate blood pudding too.[blood
pudding is blood and they make it into
pudding]
Buffalo
Buffalo was the Cheyenne’s most important natural resource.
Hide:(without hair)tipi covers,blankets,beds,robes
shields,clothing
Stomach:cooking pots
Dung:fuel
Bones:sleds,awls,scrapers
Hair:rope,stuffing,head dressing
skull,part of ceremonial, altar
Buffalo
continued
Bladder:waterproof bag,food bag
Tail:fly swatter
Teeth:necklaces
Dew claws:glue,rattles,wind chimes
Blood,pudding,soup paint
Teeth,ornaments
Liver,food,tanning agent
Brains,food,hide preparation
Natural Resources
Birds: head dresses
Mud: Earth lodges
Water: cooking, drinking, washing
Grass: earth lodges
Clothing
Shirt
Buffalo hides
Skirt
Dresses
Leggings
other
during the battle of little bighorn the sioux did not farm
guns
knives
spear
shields
roles of men/women
Men
Women
Fishing
cooking
Hunting
Taking Care of Children
Build Houses
Conclusion
The Cheyenne had,shelter, food, beliefs, customs.Please
watch the video for more information.
WE HOPE YOU LEARNED A LOT!
Thanks for watching
and entering the Cheyenne
Glossary
Bison-a humped back,hairy,big animal
Tipi-A log and cloth home
Leggings-tight stretchy pants
Roles-job for men or women
Crops-vegetables that farmers grow