Search Results: Cheyenne

Chief Morning Star (also known as Dull Knife) of the Northern Cheyenne (l. c. 1810-1883). US National Archives and Records Administration.

A Cheyenne Chief, His Wife, and a Medicine Man, oil on card mounted on paperboard by George Catlin, 1861/1869 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Cheyenne warrior Mochi ("Buffalo Calf", l. c. 1841-1881), pictured on the right, took up arms against US government forces after surviving the Sand Creek Massacre of 29 November 1864. Prior to the massacre, she was among those seeking peaceful...

In this captivating exploration, we delve into the untold story of the Northern Cheyenne after Custer's Last Stand. On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer faced an overwhelming force of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors at the Battle...

The Girl Who Climbed to the Sky is a folktale from the Arapaho nation about a girl, Sapana, who is tricked by a supernatural sky-being into traveling to his home, where he keeps her, and then must find a way to return to her people, helped...

Wihio tales are the Cheyenne legends featuring the trickster figure Wihio, who appears, variously, as a wise man, fool, villain, or hero and is associated with the spider. Wihio Tales continue to be as popular with the Cheyenne today as they...

George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) was an officer in the US Army, serving in the cavalry from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War and the wars against the Plains Indians 1866-1876. Although he became a widely recognized hero during...

The history of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. One of the most interesting warrior society from their forming in the early 19 century. They played a huge role in what was then the western frontier fighting alongside their Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne...

The Wonderful Sack is a legend of the Cheyenne nation and one of the Wihio tales, featuring the trickster figure Wihio, similar to the Lakota Sioux character Iktomi (also known as Unktomi) of the famous Iktomi tales. Although the date of...

WORLD CREATION. Cheyenne tribe legend. When the creator, Heammawihio, made the man, he formed him from a rib taken from his own right side; and then from the left side of the man he took a rib, from which he created the woman. ——————————...