THE CHEYENNE
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The Cheyenne had a long fighting record with the Kiowa. Then the 1850s came and they had to focus on the US military instead.

The year 1864 brought the Sand Creek Massacre, an entire Cheyenne village massacred by the US cavalry.

In 1867, the US government assigned the Cheyenne to a reservation in Oklahoma.

In 1876, the Cheyenne joined other tribes in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, much to George Armstrong Custer's discomfort.

According to the US Census, the population of the Cheyenne descendants in 1990 was 11,809.

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