The Cheyenne woman's traditional attire, buckskin dresses are made in a style that represents the deer. The skirt is made from skins that are sewn together to resemble a deer's legs.

Buckskin dresses are adorned with wavy beaded designs that symbolize rivers and a scalloped hem with fringe that represents smoke rising from a tipi. Cone tinklets are attached to side flaps at the bottom of the dress.

"When a woman bends down to pick up wood or to pick berries, the cone tinklets make a rattling noise. This rattling noise is to chase away the snakes."
––Merle Lopez, Cheyenne bead worker, El Reno, Oklahoma

Many Cheyenne women still make buckskin dresses for special occasions like powwows and dance competitions.

"I found inspiration for Walking Woman from Lenora Holliman, Cheyenne elder, who made her granddaughter's buckskin dress. Her granddaughter's English name is Gina Parsons, and her Cheyenne name is Walking Woman."
––Gordon Yellowman, Cheyenne chief and curator of Cheyenne Visions II

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