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1680 CE: Cheyenne live sedentary life in permanent villages before migrating to the Great Plains.
1700 CE - 1825 CE: Cheyenne have mastered the horse and become one of the most powerful Plains Indians nations of the west.
1825 CE - 1851 CE: Treaties with the US Government restrict Cheyenne land rights and practice of cultural traditions.
1864 CE - 1869 CE: Slaughter of Cheyenne by US Government troops and citizen militia encourage war.
1869 CE: Cheyenne Dog Soldiers defeated and Chief Tall Bull killed at the Battle of Summit Springs; Dog Soldiers' strength broken.
1876 CE: Cheyenne and Arapaho join with Sioux in the great victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
1878 CE: Cheyenne chiefs Morning Star (Dull Knife) and Little Wolf lead their people from the Oklahoma Reservation back to ancestral lands in the Northern Cheyenne Exodus.