Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales: With Notes on the Origin, Customs and Characters of the Pawnee People

by George Bird Grinnell and John B Dunbar

Book Overview

In the late 1880s the ethnologist and writer George Bird Grinnell visited the Pawnee Agency in Indian Territory. To Eagle Chief, whom he had known for many years, he explained the object of his visit: "Father, we have come down here to . . . ask the people about how things used to be in the olden times, to hear their stories, to get their history, and then to put all these things down in a book." The chief meditated for a time and then said: "It is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803250800
• ISBN13: 9780803250802
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 417 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

grinnell's first masterpiece

This was the first masterpiece of George Bird Grinnell, the famous plains indian historian. this book can be easily divided into two parts:the first part contains the hero stories and folktales, as told around the campfires of the Pawnees in the old days. To study their tales is a good method to understand the indian ways, by Grinnell's mind. The second part is called Notes on the Pawnee People by the author. It is a short and convenient introduction to Pawnee histry , culture, and religion.A basic study on this proud plains nation.