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Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes · cheyenne and arapaho tribes · Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma · Hinono'ei · TsistsistasCheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
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- Official name
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Oklahoma
In the record
The atlas records 2 broken treaty promises involving Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes: Fort Wise (1861), Sand Creek (1864) and the Little Arkansas reparations (1865) and Fort Reno: military reserve carved from the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation (1883-2026).
This nation carries the history of Arapaho and Cheyenne in the treaty record. Land has come back: Fort Reno return campaign (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes).
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Self-names
- Hinono'eiArapaho
- TsistsistasCheyenne
Official names
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty or agreement25 million
- Treaty under documented pressure48 million
- Act of Congress7 million
- Executive order4 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
7 cessions. Follow Arapaho through the years on the map
- Treaty or agreement4 million
- Treaty under documented pressure48 million
- Executive order4 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
5 cessions. Follow Cheyenne through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 5, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Arapaho and Cheyenne in Colorado, ceded 1865 (area 477)1851
- Land of the Arapaho of Upper Arkansas and Cheyenne of Upper Arkansas in several states, ceded 1861 (area 426)1851
- Reservation of the Arapaho, Arikara and others in Montana and North Dakota (area 300)1851
- Land of the Arapaho and Cheyenne in Oklahoma, ceded 1891 (area 525)1869
- Reservation of the Cheyenne (northern) in Montana (area 658a)1884
Named in 3
Carries the treaty history of 2
Governed by 1
Sources
- cheyenneandarapaho-nsn.gov/reference work
our way of life as Tsistsistas and Hinono'ei (Cheyenne and Arapaho) continues to evolve
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htmprimary record
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/01/30/2026-01899.htmlprimary record
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
From org-cheyenne-arapaho-tribes.
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