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The two central institutions of traditional Cheyenne tribal governance are the Council of Forty-Four [2] and the military societies, the Dog Soldiers.The Council of Forty-Four is the council of chiefs, comprising four chiefs from each of the ten Cheyenne bands, plus four principal [3] or "Old Man" chiefs, known to have had previously served with distinction on the council. [2]
Cheyenne military societies. Cheyenne military societies are one of the two central institutions of traditional Cheyenne native American tribal governance, the other being the Council of Forty-four. While council chiefs are responsible for overall governance of individual bands and the tribe as a whole, the headmen of military societies are in ...
Ledger drawing of a Cheyenne warrior with pronghorn horned headdress, symbol of the Crazy Dog Society. Like many other Plains Indian nations, the Cheyenne were a horse and warrior people who developed as skilled and powerful mounted warriors. A warrior in Cheyenne society is not a fighter but also a protector, provider, and leader.
Anishinaabe clan system. The Anishinaabe, like most Algonquian -speaking groups in North America, base their system of kinship on clans or totems. The Ojibwe word for clan (doodem) was borrowed into English as totem. The clans, based mainly on animals, were instrumental in traditional occupations, intertribal relations, and marriages.
Tenskwatawa (brother) Tecumseh (/ tɪˈkʌmsə, - si / tih-KUM-sə, -see; c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity.
Native American dogs, also known as pre-Columbian dogs, are the descendants of dogs brought to the Americas by the first people who crossed the Bering Land Bridge over 15,000 years ago. These dogs ...
Shoshone, Timbisha, and other Numic peoples. The Comanche / kəˈmæntʃi / or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche: Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people" [4]) is a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. [1]
t. e. Choctaw mythology is part of the culture of the Choctaw, a Native American tribe originally occupying a large territory in the present-day Southeastern United States: much of the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. In the 19th century, the Choctaw were known to European Americans as one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" even ...