In return, the Indians befriended the United States government. Also in this treaty it gives the government the right to build roads and have military posts on its territory. In exchange, the government will protect Indian land. In 1887, the general law on subdivision was put in place. The General Land Grant Act divided reservation lands and was divided for individual Indians. The goal was to establish Indians as individual landowners and farmers so that they could assimilate into white society. More than 90 million acres of land were confiscated from Indians. For a long time, the Cheyenne tribe followed the buffalo. When the buffalo would migrate, so would they. They used all parts of the buffalo for various things that helped them survive. They made their villages easy to fall back in case the herd left. The women lured the buffaloes with colorful blankets while the men shot the buffaloes with bow and arrows. Women cooked in the Cheyenne tribe. The main vegetables they cooked were corn, squash, and beans. Their main sources of meat were buffalo and deer. They made tools from the bones of the animals they killed as well as coats from the skin and fur. Most women wore animal skin skirts. The natives were firmly convinced of the waste of any part of the animal and therefore tried to use