1. The Arapahos and Cheyennes will be considered together

2. The Cheyennes and Arapahos are two distinct tribes with distinct histories

3. Among the fighting Sioux and Cheyennes were a quintet of young Arapahos who really wanted to do battle with the Shoshones

4. High school history books record that the victors at the June 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, the ones who wiped out Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, were the Sioux (Lakotas), Cheyennes and Arapahos.

5. 1864 photograph of Edward Wynkoop (kneeling with hat) and Black Kettle (seated, center) (Courtesy National Archives) August 9th, 1868 August 9 th marked the day that long awaited annuity goods arrived for the Cheyennes and Arapahos gathered at Fort Larned, Kansas

6. Ed Sweeney, author of the definitive work on the Apache Wars, From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874-1886, says, “I have never encountered one incident where Apaches raped their female captives.It was a common act among some of the Plains Indians, the Comanches, Cheyennes and Kiowas.”