Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales

by George Bird Grinnell and John B Dunbar

Book Overview

George Bird Grinnell's Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales is an ethnographic study of the Pawnee tribe, which once held a wide swath of land in the Midwestern United States until conflicts with white... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500709255
• ISBN13: 9781500709259
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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.