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Northern Cheyenne · northern cheyenne · Tsis tsis'tas · Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, MontanaNorthern Cheyenne
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In the record
C. C. Royce’s 1899 schedule records 3 cessions of land from Northern Cheyenne: about 28 million acres by this atlas’s estimate, counting overlaps once. 2 of them came through acts of Congress. The largest was Land of the Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and others in several states, ceded 1876 (area 597), about 21 million acres, ceded under Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868), Lakota (Sioux) and Arapaho.
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Northern Cheyenne: Fort Wise (1861), Sand Creek (1864) and the Little Arkansas reparations (1865).
The records group it with Cheyenne. Today, Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana carries this history, as their own pages or research records say.
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
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Self-names
- Tsis tsis'tasCheyenne (respelling)
Land recorded as ceded
- Treaty or agreement21 million
- Act of Congress7 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
3 cessions. Follow Northern Cheyenne through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
- Cheyenne
Working with these nations
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno
- Right Relationship Boulder (Land Group) Native-led Funds tribal youth camps and gatherings, plant-gathering access, trail content with tribes, pushes for tribal… Give on their site Website
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
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Land recorded in this nation’s name 3, as named in the 1899 record
Part of 1
Named in 1
Present-day governments that carry this history 1
Sources
- tribalnations.mt.gov/Directory/NorthernCheyenneTribereference work
The tribe call themselves "Tsis tsis'tas" (Tse-TSES-tas) which means "the beautiful people".
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htmprimary record
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana
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