What did the Cheyenne Indians to for a person who died?

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What did the Cheyenne Indians to for a person who died?

What did they wrap them up in? What did they barriey with them?

2006-10-27 14:17:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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Many of the Plains Indian tribes, such as the Cheyenne and the Sioux, placed their dead on scaffolds that were at least six to eight feet above the ground. They placed the deceased in their finery in the hopes they'd travel to the spirit world in like fashion.

2006-10-27 16:05:57 · answer #1 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A mahogany casket and a forty ouncer of Captain Morgan Dark.

2006-10-27 14:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋