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.
| ISBN: | 9780803257726 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 1972 |
| Author: | George Bird Grinnell |
| Publisher: | Bison Books an imprint of University of Nebraska Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 478 pages |
| Genres: |
History History of the Americas Social and cultural history Indigenous peoples |