Nation
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, MontanaNorthern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana
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- Official name
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
In the record
This nation carries the history of Cheyenne and Northern Cheyenne in the treaty record.
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.
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- 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
- 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
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
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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 7, 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, Northern Cheyenne and others in several states, ceded 1876 (area 597)1868
- Land of the Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and others in South Dakota, ceded 1876 (area 598)1876
- Reservation of the Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and others in North Dakota (area 599)1876
- Reservation of the Cheyenne (northern) in Montana (area 658a)1884
Carries the treaty history of 2
Sources
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htmprimary record
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana
- plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.na.019.htmlreference work
approximately 7,000 Northern Cheyennes enrolled on their reservation in southeastern Montana and another 7,000 Southern Cheyennes
- 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).
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
- High
- Nation review
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