The Cheyenne Indians : their history and ways of life

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The Cheyenne Indians : their history and ways of life / by George Bird Grinnell ; photographs by Elizabeth C. Grinnell and Mrs. J.E. Tuell.

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938 (author.).

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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. 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.

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Physical Description: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1972]

Content descriptions

General Note:: "A Bison book."

Reprint of the 1923 ed.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Volume I. Early Cheyenne history -- Old-time ways -- Village life -- Certain camp customs -- Social organization -- The boy and the girl -- Woman and her place -- Women's societies -- Industries -- Subsistence and hunting -- Games and amusements -- Tribal government -- Volume II. War and its ways -- Warrior societies -- Religious beliefs -- Disease, healing, death -- Useful plants -- Ceremonial -- Medicine lodge -- Massaum ceremony -- The culture heroes.

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Subject:: Cheyenne Indians > History.
Cheyenne Indians > Social life and customs.
Cheyenne Indians.
Indians, North America.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Genre:: History.

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Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Status	Due Date
Lummi Library	INDIAN # 176 VOL. I	275321	Deloria Collection	Available	-
Lummi Library	INDIAN # 176 VOL. II	275292	Deloria Collection	Available	-

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