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Title: Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life by George, B. Grinnell ISBN: 0-8032-5771-6 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1972 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended for those interested in NA history
Comment: Early writers of Native American history tend to fall into two groupings. There are those who relied only on written history, and therefore ignored most of what Indians had to say about their own past; and there were those who tried to serve as a conduit through which the Indians could tell their own history. Happily, Grinnell falls into the second category, and his work turns out to be both interesting, and readable.
Though not as exciting as his better known work, The Fighting Cheyenne, which was a warrior history, this book provides a lot of information about the early history of the Cheyennes, and their migration westward. It also goes into many aspects of their culture and society. Volume one (which is the only one I have read so far) ends with a chapter on Cheyenne tribal government. Here Grinnell does a wonderful job of handling a topic, which is actually rather simple, but which eluded many white historians, such as George Hyde, who insisted on believing that chieftanship must have carried with it certain dictatorial powers. He also shows great insight into the status of women. So many white historians, even today, do not understand the high standing that women held in Plains Indian society.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of the Plains Indians, and I am quite anxious to get on to volume two which deals, among other things, with religious practices.
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Title: The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell ISBN: 0806118393 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Cheyenne Memories by John Stands in Timber, Margot Liberty, John Stands in Timber, Robert Marshall Utley ISBN: 0300073003 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Cheyenne Autumn by Mari Sandoz ISBN: 0803292120 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Sand Creek Massacre by Stan Hoig ISBN: 080611147X Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1974 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Cheyenne by John H. Moore ISBN: 0631218629 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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