Cheyenne Indians, Volume 1

History and Society

Häftad, Engelska, 1972

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Beskrivning

The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Their Ways of Life is a classic ethnography, originally published in 1928, that grew out of George Bird Grinnell's long acquaintance with the Cheyennes. Volume I looks at the tribe's early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social organization, hunting, amusements, and government. In a second volume, Grinnell would consider its warmaking and warrior societies, healing practices and responses to European diseases, religious beliefs and rituals, and legends and prophecies surrounding the culture hero Sweet Medicine.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1972-10-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:406
Förlag:University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:9780803257719
Utmärkelser:Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Interior Design-3+ Color) 2009

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George Bird Grinnell was a zoologist by training and an anthropologist by inclination. He accompanied Custer's Black Hills expedition as a naturalist in 1874 and from that time until his death in 1938 was closely associated with the Cheyennes and other Plains tribes. Other books by Grinnell available in Bison Book editions are Blackfoot Lodge Tales, Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales, By Cheyenne Campfires, and The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories.

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The value of such a work as Mr. Grinnell has produced can hardly be overstated."—New York Times"Grinnell was an entertaining and able writer . . . in this case he was also a scientific reporter of ways of life that he supposed would soon be forever lost."—Westerners Brand Book"A marvelous source book for customs, lore, history, personalities, and manner of speech of this tribe."—Roundup"Drawing upon the thoughts and actions of individual Cheyennes, Grinnell manages to reconstruct a highly readable account of their culture."—Journal of the American Academy of Religion