Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

Inside of the "Upheaval" section of the OKLA HOMMA exhibit at First Americans Museum showing the timeline of Indian Removal on a black wall with government documents in white as the backdrop.

Political Name

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

Pronunciation

Shy-ANN and Uh-RAH-puh-ho

Self-Designated Name

Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) + Hinono’ei (Arapaho)

A gray map showing the tribal jurisdiction areas of Oklahoma with a pink pin marking Concho, Oklahoma, where the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes are headquartered.

Location

Concho, OK

Official Website

www.cheyenneandarapaho-nsn.gov

Title of Tribal Leader

Governor

The beginning of the WINIKO exhibition on the second floor of the First Americans Museum showing historical Native American items collected by the Smithsonian Institution.

Language

Algic (Algonquian)

Tribal Greeting

Cheyenne Greeting: É-pėhéveéšeeve. Né-pėhévomóhtȧhehe?

Arapaho Greeting: Tous noh heebe, Kooneeni'iini?

Tribal Greeting (English)

Cheyenne Greeting: It's a good day. Are you feeling good?

Arapaho Greeting: Hello, are things good for you?

A gray map of the continental United States with all 39 tribes names over their homelands with black lines to their current reservation areas in the state of Oklahoma (highlighted in pink).

Cultural Relatives

Northern Cheyenne (MT), Northern Arapaho (WY)

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A Native American Man facing away from the camera showing his roach and beaded headpiece.

Contact for Educators

Gordon Yellowman, Tribal Historian

gyellowman@cheyenneandarapaho-nsn.gov

(405) 422-7680

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Cheyenne Tribal Greeting - Gordon Yellowman
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