Tribes

      Cheyenne tribe divisions

      Tsitsistaists Cheyenne person (informal spelling; technical spelling is Tsétsęhéstaestse); Tsitsistas Cheyennes (informal spelling; technical spelling is Tsétsęhéstâhese)
      Heévâhetane Oklahoma Cheyenne; Southern Cheyenne; Heévâhetaneo'o Oklahoma Cheyennes; Southern Cheyennes (literally, roped-people)
      Heévâhetané'e Oklahoma Cheyenne woman; Heévâhetané'eo'o Oklahoma Cheyenne women
      Notameohmésęhese Northern Cheyennes (literally, northern-eaters; shortened from: Ohmésęhese, literally, eaters)
      Ôhmésęhé'e Northern Cheyenne woman (literally, eater-woman)
      Ôhmésęheestse Northern Cheyenne (literally, eater); Ôhmésęhese Northern Cheyennes
      Só'taa'e a Sutai person; Só'taeo'o the Sutaio band of Cheyennes (informal spelling: Sutaio)

      ó'xevé'ho'e breed (literally, half-whiteman); ó'xevé'hó'e breeds
      tsęhésevé'ho'e breeds (literally, Cheyenne-whiteman)tsęhésevé'hó'e breeds

      Any Indian

      xamaevo'ęstane Indian; xamaevo'ęstaneo'o Indians (literally, ordinary-persons)

      Other tribes

      Hetanevo'e Arapaho; Hetanevo'eo'o Arapahos (literally, man cloud ones)
      Hóheeheo'o Assiniboines (literally, wrapped ones)
      Ho'óhomo'e Sioux; Ho'óhomo'eo'o Siouxs
      Ho'néhetaneo'o Pawnees (literally, wolf people)
      Môhónooneo'o Gros Ventres (literally, scouting all over ones)
      Mo'ôhtávęhahtátaneo'o Blackfeet (same literal meaning)
      Onéhao'o Poncas/Omahas
      Ónoneo'o Rees/Arikaras
      Óoetaneo'o Crows
      Oo'kóhtâxétaneo'o Osages/Kaws (literally, cut hair people)
      Otaesétaneo'o Nez Perces (literally, pierced nose people)
      Sena'kaneo'o Cherokees
      Šé'šenovotsétaneo'o Comanches (literally, snake people)
      Vétapâhaetó'eo'o Kiowas (literally, greasy wood ones??)
      Vóhkoohétaneo'o Crees (literally, rabbit people)

      notse Indian from another tribe; nótseo'o Indians from other tribes
      nótá'e Indian woman from another tribe


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