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100

True or False? The Cheyenne established hunting territories by the Platte River.

True

100

What type of dance did the Cheyenne do which they believed that a guardian spirit would bestow special powers on that person who danced?

Sun Dance

100

Chief Tall Bull was killed at the Battle of Summit _______ in 1869.

Springs

100

Who was Tall Bull chief of?

Cheyenne Dog Soldiers

100

Cheyenne means people of a _________ language.

different

200

The Cheyenne people were initially located in the _____t ____s region in Minnesota and Illinois.

Great Lakes

200

One holiday they celebrated was the Cheyenne _______ Day as a celebration of the defeat of George A. Custer.

Victory

200

What massacre happened in 1864 when John Chivington attacked the Cheyenne tribe in CO territory?

Sand Creek

200
Little Wolf (who led an escape from Oklahoma) killed Starving elk for paying too little attention to:

a-Starving Elk's weapon

b-Starving Elk's horse

c-Little Wolf's daughter

d- Little wolf's clothes

C- Little Wolf's daughter

200

Did the Cheyenne have multiple wives?

Yes

300

What are the two different Cheyenne Nations? (Hint:____ Cheyenne and ____ Cheyenne)

North and South

300

What was the sacred color for the Cheyenne people?

Yellow

300

What famous general was killed when the Cheyenne and Lakota defeated U.S. troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1976?

George Armstrong Custer

300

Dull knife was a famous D___ S______ that became a chief of Northern Cheyenne.

Dog Soldier

300

What games did the Cheyenne play? B_____ game and h___ & p___ game

Basket game and hoop & pole

400

What other tribe did the Cheyenne have an alliance with that also lived near the Rocky Mountains?

Arapaho

400

Where would the Cheyenne put their peoples bodies once they had passed?

Placed body high above the ground
400

What treaty was made in 1868 that the U.S. government broke and made Native American tribe's territory smaller?

Fort Laramie

400

Did Tall Bull's wife die at the Battle of Summit Springs?

Yes ☹️

400

What were the aggressive Cheyenne soldiers known as?

Dog soldiers

500

The Cheyanne in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, and what other state?

Oklahoma

500

What was one popular item that was blessed and was sacred to Cheyenne Nation?

The Sacred Buffalo Hat or Sacred Arrows

500

How many Native Americans died in the Sand Creek Massacre? (Range)

230 (200-300)

500

Dull Knife also went by what name?

Morning Star

500

What language did the Cheyenne speak?

Plains Algonquian