Wolf Robe the Chief of the Southern Cheyenne, photographed by the Gerhard Sisters during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. During the late 1870s, Wolf Robe's tribe was forced to leave the open plains & relocate on a reservation in Oklahoma. The Cheyenne were divided into two groups, the Southern Cheyenne who were located along the upper Arkansas River & the Northern Cheyenne who were located at the headwaters of the Platt River. In 1864 a group of peaceful Cheyenne were massacred by U.S. Military forces at Sand Creek, Colorado. In 1876 the Cheyenne joined the Sioux & defeated Col. George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. In 1877 the Cheyenne surrendered & were relocated to "Indian Territory” which is present day Oklahoma. During the late 1870s he was forced to leave the open plains and relocate his tribe on to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation in Indian Territory. As a result he was awarded the Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal in 1890 for negotiations for disposal of land, his assistance in the Cherokee Commission. In 1990 the total number of Cheyenne descendants was about 11,000 many of whom still live on reservations in southwestern Oklahoma and southeastern Montana. #landofthefreeandthehomeofthebrave #wolfrobe #firstnation #history #art #independenceday #vintagephotograph https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOmLF3Da6S/?igshid=n0c5q1as1n5s
