In 1965, John Woodenlegs, president of the tribe, formed an Education Planning Committee, which gathered information for a series of small books about the Cheyenne, for use in teaching reading to the Cheyenne children. This committee met every month for about five years. The Council consists of a board of directors and about one hundred members. An Intertribal Indian Editorial Board reads and evaluates all material before publication, to make sure it is authentic and of a quality that they want their children to read. No one connected with the Council makes a profit from these materials.
All editorial work is performed without pay by busy people in their spare time.
All contributions and income from sales are used to publish more books for Native American education.