Group 8: Cheyenne Customs
"From dawn to dusk and from spring to winter, the Cheyenne have long honored the rhythms of the natural world."

Just as the Cheyenne followed the seasons, their daily life followed a cycle from birth to death.  To the Cheyenne people, the family and the extended family make up the most important social unit, as do the smaller bands and the larger overall tribe or nation.  In the old days, bands lived away from one another but came together for special occasions and in times of need.

TASK:  Your task is to gather information about the Cheyenne's way of life.   From the information you gather from your book,  you will create a presentation with the following slides.  Use the same titles as are listed on the slides.

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Customs

Names of Group Members

Childhood

How do children get their names?
Give 5 facts about the Cheyenne children's lives.

(include picture)

 

Cradle Boards

Describe and tell how they were used

 

(include picture)

 

Marriage

Give at least six facts about marriage.

 

(include picture)

 

Death

Tell six facts about the way the Cheyenne dealt with death.

 

(include picture)

 

 Slide 1

 Slide 2

 Slide 3

 Slide 4

 Slide 5

 Works Cited

List all the sources (books and websites) used for your research
See Bibliography Guide

       

 Slide 6

       

Resources:

The Cheyenne by Raymond Bial, pages 42-43, and pages 47-52
Gather your facts from this book.   Decide what the most important facts are, and write them on your storyboard.  Use the Glossary to look up any unfamiliar words.  Your classroom teacher must approve your storyboard before you proceed to the next step.  Once you have your  text written in your storyboard, you can find your pictures from below:

 

Cheyenne Visions II:  Scroll through the Cheyenne Life pictures to find information on cradle boards

American Memory Photo Collection   Type your term in the search box (If you use Cheyenne Indians as your terms you will get lots of pictures and you can scroll through.  Or you can type a specific term in (like "travois") and see what you get.  Go to Gallery View, then keep clicking on the picture until you get the largest view.  Then you can save it to your home directory.

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