Tsitsistas

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Tsitsistas is the self-designation of the Cheyenne people, a Native American nation historically based in the Great Plains region of North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedWith Cheyenne Nation
currentPopulationCountry United States
ethnonymLanguage Cheyenne language
governedBy Council of Forty-Four
hasAlternativeName Cheyenne
hasClanOrSociety warrior societies
women’s societies
hasCulturalPractice ledger art
oral tradition
hasFlagOrSymbol Cheyenne tribal flag
hasNotableBand Dog Soldiers
hasReservation Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
hasSacredObject Sacred Arrows
Sacred Buffalo Hat
hasSubgroup Northern Cheyenne
Southern Cheyenne
historicallyAlliedWith Arapaho people
Lakota people
linked to: Sioux people
historicallyInConflictWith United States Army
settler militias
languageFamily Algonquian languages
locatedInThePast Great Plains
North America
meaning the people
partOf Plains Indians
practices Sun Dance
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States
relatedEthnicGroup Arapaho people
Blackfoot Confederacy
linked to: Blackfoot

other Algonquian-speaking peoples
reservationLocatedIn Montana
selfDesignationOf Cheyenne people
sufferedEvent Sand Creek massacre
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre

Washita River massacre
linked to: Washita Massacre
traditionalEconomy bison hunting
horse culture
traditionalLanguage Cheyenne language
traditionalReligion Cheyenne spiritual beliefs
traditionalTerritoryIncludes present-day Colorado
present-day Kansas
present-day Montana
present-day Oklahoma
present-day Wyoming
usesScript Latin alphabet for Cheyenne language

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Cheyenne people hasAutonym Tsitsistas