The work of collective memories in the preservation of tribal land : In the case of The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation

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This study examines the work of collective memories of a Native American tribe in its tribal sovereignty in the 20th century United States. Through the interview and archive research, in the case of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, it is found that the reservation, federal trust land, has been translated to "homeland" with the active use of tribal collective memories. The exodus from Indian Territory(1878) has been translated to "ancestral sacrifice," and considered as a direct cause of the establishment of the tribal reservation. The memory of the historical event has functioned as a center piece of the tribe's land policy which aims to acquire and control all reservation land.