Tsitsistas

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Tsitsistas is the self-designation of the Cheyenne people, a Native American nation historically based in the Great Plains region of North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tsitsistas canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Cheyenne Nation ⓘ
currentPopulationCountry United States ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Cheyenne language ⓘ
governedBy Council of Forty-Four ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cheyenne ⓘ
hasClanOrSociety warrior societies ⓘ
women’s societies ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ledger art ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
hasFlagOrSymbol Cheyenne tribal flag ⓘ
hasNotableBand Dog Soldiers ⓘ
hasReservation Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation ⓘ
hasSacredObject Sacred Arrows ⓘ
Sacred Buffalo Hat ⓘ
hasSubgroup Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
historicallyAlliedWith Arapaho people ⓘ
Lakota people ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people
historicallyInConflictWith United States Army ⓘ
settler militias ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedInThePast Great Plains ⓘ
North America ⓘ
meaning the people ⓘ
partOf Plains Indians ⓘ
practices Sun Dance ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Arapaho people ⓘ
Blackfoot Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Blackfoot

other Algonquian-speaking peoples ⓘ
reservationLocatedIn Montana ⓘ
selfDesignationOf Cheyenne people ⓘ
sufferedEvent Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre

Washita River massacre ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
traditionalEconomy bison hunting ⓘ
horse culture ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Cheyenne language ⓘ
traditionalReligion Cheyenne spiritual beliefs ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes present-day Colorado ⓘ
present-day Kansas ⓘ
present-day Montana ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
present-day Wyoming ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet for Cheyenne language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cheyenne people → hasAutonym → Tsitsistas ⓘ