Northern Cheyenne Tribe
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Lands
Northern Cheyenne Reservation, southeastern Montana, United States; headquarters in Lame Deer
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Facts 3
Governance
Lame Deer, Montana, is home to the Northern Cheyenne tribal government headquarters, and the Tribal Council is elected by district.
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Land
About 99 percent of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, roughly 444,000 acres in southeastern Montana, is owned by the tribe.
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Culture
Montana's state tribal directory says the Northern Cheyenne call themselves Tsis tsis'tas, a name it translates as the beautiful people.
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