In exchange the Indians gained friendship with the United States government. Furthermore, this treaty gave the government the right to build roads and have military posts in its territory. In return the government will protect Indian land. In 1887 the general allotment law was enacted. The general allotment act divided the land into reservations and was divided among individual Indians. The goal was to turn Indians into individual landowners and farmers so they could integrate into white society. Over 90 million acres of land were taken from the Indians. For a long period of time the Cheyenne tribe followed the buffalo. When the buffalo migrated, so would they. They used all the parts of the buffalo for various things that helped them survive. They made their villages easy to fill in case the herd left. The women lured the buffalo with colorful blankets while the men shot the buffalo with bows 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 and made coats from the skin and fur. Most women wore animal skin skirts. The natives had a strong belief that any part of the animal was wasted, so they would try to use it