The Cheyenne are a North American Native nation, originally from the Great Lakes region, who migrated to modern-day Minnesota and then to areas in North Dakota and further southwest. They are associated with the Plains Indians culture and, after mastering the horse, became one of the most powerful nations of the American West.
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Timeline
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c. 1680Cheyenne live sedentary life in permanent villages before migrating to the Great Plains.
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c. 1700 - c. 1825Cheyenne have mastered the horse and become one of the most powerful Plains Indians nations of the west.
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1825 - 1851Treaties with the US Government restrict Cheyenne land rights and practice of cultural traditions.
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1864 - 1869Slaughter of Cheyenne by US Government troops and citizen militia encourage war.
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1869Cheyenne Dog Soldiers defeated and Chief Tall Bull killed at the Battle of Summit Springs; Dog Soldiers' strength broken.
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1876Cheyenne and Arapaho join with Sioux in the great victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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1878Cheyenne chiefs Morning Star (Dull Knife) and Little Wolf lead their people from the Oklahoma Reservation back to ancestral lands in the Northern Cheyenne Exodus.
