The Cheyenne Indians. volume two : their history and ways of life / by George Bird Grinnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938, author.

Series:

A Bison book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cheyenne Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (565 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, 1923.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 e

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; War and Its Ways; Warrior Societies; Religious Beliefs; Disease, Healing, Death; Useful Plants; Ceremonial; Medicine Lodge; Massaum Ceremony; The Culture Heroes; Appendix A: Sites of Early Cheyenne Villages; Appendix B: Formation of the Quilling Society; Appendix C: Notes on Cheyenne Songs; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803273979

0803273975

9780585346694

0585346690