The Cheyenne Indians originally lived in the eastern United States but moved west into the Great Plains region between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River. They relied heavily on buffalo for resources like food, clothing, shelter, and tools. Buffalo provided all of their basic needs and no part of the animal went to waste. They only hunted what was necessary for survival.

1. Cheyenne Plains Indians By: Nicolette M. Joseph H. Logan F. Steven B.

2. History The Cheyenne first lived in the Eastern Portion of the United States. Some moved west and southwest. Eventually they moved into the plains area in the woodlands of the Mississippi River Valley. They lived in fixed villages and used the land for farming.

3. Environment/Resources The Plains Indians lived in the area of our country known as the great Plains. This group was known for its use of the buffalo. Their religious ceremonies, the use of rewashed tepee, and their war- path customs. The Buffalo was the most important national resource of the Plains Indians. The Plains Indians Were hunters. They hunted many kinds of animals, but it was the Buffalo that provided all their basic needs: food, clothing, and shelter.

4. Environment/Resources The Plains Indians believed in many gods. They believed the gods showed themselves in form of the sun, moon and stars. Anything strong and strange.

5. Environment/Resources No part of the buffalo went to waste. The horns were used as spoons, cups and toys. The bones were used as tools and weapons. The tale was used as a fly brush or whip. The stomach and intestines were cleaned and used to carry water. Plains Indians ONLY killed what was needed to survive, never more. It was only used when the white man started moving West that the SLAUTER UNNECESSARY killing, of the buffalo occurred. Thousands of buffalo were killed for sport or to clear the land for the railroad. These animal “bodies” were just left on the prairie to rot.

6. Environment/Resources The Cheyenne Indians lived in the Great Plains Area, East of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River. Today they are settled in Montana and Oklahoma.

7. Culture/Art The Plains Indians lived in the area of our country known as the Plains. The Indians are well known as the Great Plains Indians.

8. Food During each season, sometimes they had to go outside their villages to get food. Millions of Buffalo used to live on the Grassland too. The ground shook when the Animals ran across the land.

9. Homes/Shelters The Native Americans of the Plains lived in one of the most well known shelters, the teepee also (tipi or tepee]. Another form of housekeeping and village life in the Eastern Plains cultures is that of Earth homes.