Cheyenne

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Cheyenne Native North American tribe. During the 18th century, many abandoned sedentary farming for hunting buffalo. The tribe split in c.1830, with the Northern Cheyenne remaining near the Platte River, and the Southern Cheyenne settling near the Arkansas River. The Colorado Gold Rush (1858) brought rapid white migration and the Cheyenne were restricted to a reservation. War broke out following a US army massacre of Cheyenne (1864). General George Custer crushed Southern Cheyenne resistance, but the Northern Cheyenne helped in his defeat at Little Bighorn. They eventually surrendered in 1877. Today, there are c.2000 Cheyenne.

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