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The Cheyenne Indians, Volume 2

War, Ceremonies, and Religion

George Bird Grinnell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Published:1st Oct '72

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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. In Volume I he wrote about the tribe's early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social organization, hunting, amusements, and government. Volume II looks at 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. Included are appendixes on early Cheyenne village sites, the formation of the Quilling Society, and notes on Cheyenne songs.

"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

ISBN: 9780803257726

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 635g

478 pages