CLOTHING:
THEN
FOOD:
THEN
- Cheyenne women wore long deerskin dresses with high leather skinned boots and men wore breechcloths with leather leggings and moccasins.
- Cheyenne religion is centered on two things, the sacred hat and the sacred arrow.
- The Cheyenne used bison-skin to make moccasins.They wore them all year round. In the winter
- A Cheyenne lady's dress or warrior's shirt was fringed and often decorated with porcupine quills, shells, and elk teeth.
- Cheyenne Indian leaders originally wore tall feather headdresses
- The Cheyennes also painted their faces for special occasions. They used different patterns for war paint, religious ceremonies, and festive decoration
- Later, Cheyenne people adapted European costume such as cloth dresses and vests, which they decorated with quillwork and fancy beading.
- Cheyenne Indian leaders soon began wearing the long warbonnets that Plains Indians are famous for.
- Today, some Cheyenne people still have moccasins or a beaded dress, but they wear modern clothes like jeans instead of breechcloths... and they only wear traditional regalia on special occasions like a wedding or a dance.
FOOD:
- The Cheyennes were originally farming people, with the women harvesting corn, squash, and beans while the men hunted deer and buffalo.
- The Cheyenne grew their own food and fished.
- They also ate wild berries and fruit.
- The Cheyenne hunted elk, deer, and bison.
- Meat was their main food source.
- The Cheyenne soon made a trade for horses. The horses helped to drag bison back to where the Cheyenne settled.
- They first hunted deer and grew crops, such as squash, beans, and corn.
- When they moved out onto the plains they hunted buffalo
- They then gave up farming and traded animal hides with other tribes for fish, corn, tobacco and fruit.
- The best food source is bison