Northern Cheyenne Tribe Office

Category: Residence

The Cheyenne Indians were Great Plains people, who today have two tribes: the Northern Cheyenne in Montana, and the Southern Cheyenne, who are united with the Arapaho into a single Nation in Oklahoma.
The Cheyenne people were eventually forced to move to Oklahoma. The Cheyennes from the south decided to accept this arrangement, but the Cheyennes from the north could not adapt to the hot weather. They fled back to the north, led by Chiefs Dull Knife and Little Wolf. Though many of the escapees were killed by the US Army en route, the rest reached safety and that is how their descendents still live in Montana today on the Northern Cheyenne reservation of 437,000 acres in southeastern Montana with 6500 members.
Two teachers from the Denton Public Schools participated in the Battling for Survival Project through MSU Billings in the summer of 2006. They learned about the Northern Cheyenne culture. It was through this program that they experienced the Northern Cheyenne Dancers and learned about their dances and dress.