Northern Cheyenne

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Indigenous people of North America Native American tribe

The Northern Cheyenne are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains known for their warrior culture, resistance to U.S. expansion, and enduring cultural traditions centered in present-day Montana.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation	0
Northern Cheyenne tribe	2
Northern Cheyenne warriors	2
Northern Cheyenne band	1
Northern Cheyenne community	1
Northern Cheyenne people	1
Northern Cheyenne village of Dull Knife	1
Northern Cheyenne winter village	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of North America ⓘ Native American tribe ⓘ
alsoSpeak	English ⓘ
ceremony	Sun Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ sweat lodge ⓘ
county	Big Horn County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosebud County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInstitution	Chief Dull Knife College NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cheyenne Powwow NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	arts and crafts ⓘ coal-related employment ⓘ ranching ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
federalAgencyRelationship	Bureau of Indian Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	tribal government ⓘ
hasConstitution	Northern Cheyenne Tribal Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReservation	Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAlliance	Northern Arapaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Oglala Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ other Lakota bands ⓘ
historicalEnemy	Crow Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoshone NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	preservation of cultural traditions ⓘ resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ warrior culture ⓘ
language	Cheyenne language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
leaderInConflict	Little Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Morning Star (Dull Knife) NERFINISHED ⓘ Two Moons NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Montana ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of the Little Bighorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Rosebud NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cheyenne Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationTrend	growing but small relative to historical numbers ⓘ
primaryLocation	Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
principalCommunity	Lame Deer, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	federally recognized tribe ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Cheyenne spirituality ⓘ
subgroupOf	Cheyenne people NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalLanguageStatus	endangered ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Dakotas NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fetterman Fight → NativeNationsInvolved → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Council of Forty-Four (traditional) → appliesTo → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Dog Soldiers → associatedWith → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of the Powder River (1876) → belligerent → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of the Tongue River (1876) → belligerent → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) → belligerent → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Dull Knife Fight → belligerent → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Powder River Expedition → belligerent → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Wagon Box Fight → belligerent → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of the Rosebud → combatant → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) → combatant → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne warriors

Dull Knife Fight → combatant → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Powder River Expedition → conflictWith → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of Cedar Creek (1876) → ethnicGroupInvolved → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Dull Knife → ethnicity → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Little Wolf → ethnicity → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Roman Nose → ethnicity → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of Cedar Creek (1876) → hasCombatant → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne warriors

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne people

Northern Cheyenne Exodus → hasEthnicContext → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Battle of Cedar Creek (1876) → hasParticipant → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Dull Knife Fight → hasParticipant → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Northern Cheyenne Exodus → involves → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Dull Knife → leaderOf → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne band

Dull Knife → memberOf → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne tribe

Little Wolf → memberOf → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne tribe

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation → namedAfter → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Dull Knife Fight → opponent → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne village of Dull Knife

Fort C. F. Smith → opposedBy → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Fort Reno → opposedBy → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Roman Nose → partOf → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne community

Southern Cheyenne → relatedEthnicGroup → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

Dull Knife Fight → target → Northern Cheyenne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cheyenne winter village