Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
Tsėhéstáno | |
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 Location of Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Montana |
| Established | 1884 |
| Headquarters | Lame Deer |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Tribal council |
| • Tribal president | Serena Wetherelt (acting) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 4,939 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Cheyenne: Tsėhéstáno[1]) is the federally recognized Northern Cheyenne tribe and a Plains tribe.
The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is reservation located in southeastern Montana, that is approximately 690 square miles (1,800 km2) large. It is home to approximately 6,000 Cheyenne people. The reservation is bounded on the east by the Tongue River and on the west by the Crow Reservation. There are small parcels of non-contiguous off-reservation trust lands in Meade County, South Dakota, northeast of the city of Sturgis. Its timbered ridges that extend into northwestern South Dakota are part of Custer National Forest and it is approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of the site of the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.
In March 2013, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe had 12,266 people enrolled citizens, of which about 6,012 resided on the reservation,[2][incomplete short citation] with approximately 91% of the population Native American (full or part blood quantum) and 72.8% identifying as Cheyenne. Slightly more than a quarter of the population five years or older spoke a language other than English.[2] Members of the Crow Tribe also live on the reservation.
The tribal and government headquarters are located in Lame Deer, where they host the annual Northern Cheyenne powwow.
- ^ Lookingbill, Brad D. (2019). A Companion to Custer and the Little Bighorn Campaign. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 36. ISBN 9781119129738. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Northern Cheyenne Tribe website". Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2009-08-19.