In Oklahoma the Cheyenne live near
Thomas, Clinton, and Weather, Custer
County; Hammon (Red Moon), Roger
Mills County; El Reno and Concho, Canadian
County; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Watonga and Canton, Blaine
County; Seiling, Dewey
County.
The
Cheyenne are counted as one of the great tribes of Plains Indians in
Oklahoma and a most important division of the Algonquian linguistic
family. They have longed been associated with the Arapaho. The two
tribes are referred to in Oklahoma as the Southern Cheyenne and the
Southern Arapaho, a reference intended to distinguish them from their
respective northern divisions on reservations in Montana (Tongue River)
and Wyoming (Wind River). The southern band moved to the Indian
Territory as a result of the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 which was
signed by Chief Little Raven as leader of the Southern Arapaho.
Treaty
with the Cheyenne and Arapaho, 1867 (has
names of signers at bottom)
The
History Of Fort Reno