The beautiful people of the northern plains whose Dog Soldiers and Sacred Arrows made them the most spiritually disciplined and militarily formidable defenders of the buffalo world.
Cheyenne People — the Native American nation whose traditional territory evolved across centuries from the woodlands of the upper Midwest to the heart of the northern and southern plains, the Cheyenne people's transformation from a semi-sedentary farming and wild rice harvesting people of the Great Lakes region into the quintessential Plains Indian nation following their acquisition of the horse in the eighteenth century representing one of the most complete and successful cultural adaptations in the history of the indigenous Americas, the Cheyenne emerging from this transformation as a people whose warrior culture, spiritual discipline, and political organization made them among the most respected and most feared nations on the northern plains whose vast bison herds the Cheyenne hunted, celebrated, and built their entire civilization around. The Cheyenne world — whose people's division into the Northern Cheyenne of the Powder River country of Montana and Wyoming and the Southern Cheyenne of the Arkansas River valley of Colorado and Kansas reflected the geographic range of a nation whose territory spanned the entire central plains, whose Sacred Arrows, the Mahuts, the four sacred arrows given to the Cheyenne people by the culture hero Sweet Medicine at Bear Butte in the Black Hills whose care and ceremonial renewal represent the spiritual covenant between the Cheyenne people and the Creator that defines Cheyenne identity at its deepest level, whose Dog Soldiers, the most famous of the Cheyenne warrior societies whose members pledged to stake themselves to the ground in battle rather than retreat and whose discipline and courage made them the most formidable light cavalry force on the plains, whose experience of the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864 when Colorado militia under Colonel John Chivington attacked Black Kettle's peaceful village of Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho people flying the American flag and a white flag of truce, killing and mutilating over one hundred and fifty men, women, and children in one of the most notorious atrocities in the history of the American West, and whose Northern Cheyenne people's epic flight of 1878 under the leadership of Dull Knife and Little Wolf — the desperate journey of three hundred and fifty Northern Cheyenne men, women, and children from the malaria-ridden reservation in Indian Territory back to their Powder River homeland across fifteen hundred miles of pursued and harried flight that captured the sympathy of the American public and ultimately won the Northern Cheyenne the right to remain in Montana — stands as one of the most heroic acts of collective determination in the entire history of Native American resistance. This interactive sweatshirt connects you to that spiritually disciplined and heroic legacy with a QR code linking to the full story.
HERITAG is a purpose-driven brand that celebrates cultural diversity and awareness. Wear and share your social identity and cultural heritage with a unique collection of interactive sweatshirts that carry flags of indigenous people in the US. Create informative and fun moments by inviting people to scan the visible QR code and learn about the diverse US population.
Making products on demand instead of in bulk also helps reduce overproduction, and this quality sweatshirt will be made especially for you as soon as you place an order.
Few more things to know about this product: • Scannable QR code printed on the back for an interactive and fun experience • Designed to educate about a nation's proud history milestones and rich culture • Custom print-on-demand • 50% cotton, 50% polyester • Regular fit, sturdy and warm, pre-shrunk soft-feel fabric • Double-needle stitched spandex collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem
