CHEYENNE LIFESTYLE
- The girls helped their mothers with the weaving and cooking and care of the family.
Cheyenne mothers carried their young children in cradleboards on their backs
The boys went hunting with their fathers, but there was always time to play around in the Cheyenne world.
Kids played with dolls and hoops and they also played lacrosse
The Cheyenne lived in houses called teepees. They made them out of bison skin and poles out of wood holding up the hide and a little hole in the top for a chimney because they needed warmth. They made it out of 6 to 20 bison skins. They used 6 to 12 for normal people and 13 to 20 for more important people such as chiefs.
They didn’t have horses until the first settlers came, so they used dogsleds instead.
Each village had several medicine men, each of whom had a special healing or religious power.
The Cheyenne were usually friendly and peaceful toward the settlers, even trading with them.
From an early age, Cheyenne kids learned their respective roles from their parents, but they also have time for play. Girls would learn how to cook, clean and take care of the home, including taking the teepees apart to relocate. Boys would learn the skills needed for feeding a family, including hunting and fishing as well as how to fight in battle.
The Cheyenne children were taught from the day they were born not to cry because a crying baby could endanger the lives of the tribe.
The men were responsible of feeding, defending and protecting their families and their tribe.
The men invented new objects or instruments as their own bows, arrows, shields and tools to use in his job and also fight in all the wars where they had to defend the territory.
The women were considered life-givers of the tribe and were honored and protected by the tribe.
Today- The Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized groups: Southern Cheyenne and the Northern Cheyenne
- The Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized groups: Southern Cheyenne and the Northern Cheyenne