Social Studies - Chapter Five Tools A B Cheyenne Indian tribe living on the plains tipi movable homes made of buffalo hide sacred dog Cheyenne name for horses natural resource anything we find in nature that helps people live pemmican dried buffalo meat mixed with honey and berries moccasins Indian shoes made from buffalo hide Medicine Dance an 8-day ceremony the Cheyenne held every year cottonwood the type of tree used in the medicine dance thunderbird mythical bird that brought thunder, lighting, and rain myth story that tries to explain why things happen cycle of life a pattern that repeats over and over in nature hide the skin of the buffalo medicine power to cause things to happen buffalo large animal that supplied most of the needs of the Cheyenne symbol something that stands for something else Medicine Dance tent made of poles covered with buffalo hide with a tree in the center