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George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) lived with and studied the last of the Cheyennes who had lived the nomadic life in the old West. Grinnell recorded for posterity the former way of life of the Cheyennes, making his career, as the famed historian Stephen Ambrose has said, “of incalculable benefit to every student of Western or Indian history.”
The present book is an edited version of Grinnell’s great work on the Cheyenne, which Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee has described as “a favorite source book for everyone interested in Plains Indians.” This edition is also fully illustrated and includes selections from three articles previously unpublished in book form.
The Cheyenne Indians includes:
- 90 b&w photos
- 22 color photos
- 5 b&w illustrations
- 10 color illustrations
Awards
- Gold Midwest Book Award for “Political Science/History”
- Silver Midwest Book Award for “Interior Layout”
- Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for “Interior Design, 3 or More Color”
- Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for “Multicultural”
- Nominated as Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year in the “History” category
About the Author(s)
George Bird Grinnell
George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) was a historian, naturalist, explorer, sportsman, and conservationist. He wrote several landmark books on the Pawnee, Blackfoot and Cheyenne peoples, having lived with and befriended the last generation to have known the glorious freedom of the buffalo days. His work is the focus of the fully illustrated title The Cheyenne Indians, which features over 100 photos and illustrations.
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Joseph A. Fitzgerald
Joseph Fitzgerald has authored or edited several books on diverse world religions and philosophy that have won more than ten awards, including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award. The subjects include Buddhism, Hinduism, the American Indians, Christianity, the ecological crisis and the Perennial Philosophy. Fitzgerald studied Comparative Religion at Indiana University, where he also earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. He is an adopted grandson of Thomas Yellowtail, one of the most honored American Indian spiritual leaders of the last century. For more than thirty years, Joseph has traveled extensively throughout the American Indian, Oriental and Islamic worlds. He has edited the following books for World Wisdom:
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Reviews
- The value of such a work as Mr. Grinnell has produced can hardly be overstated.
New York Times
- In his books … Mr. George Bird Grinnell has portrayed [the Indians] with a master hand; it is hard to see how his work can be bettered.
Theodore Roosevelt
- [George Bird Grinnell was] a really marvelous writer and collector of Indian material.
Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- [Grinnell’s career] was of incalculable benefit to every student of Western or Indian history.
Stephen E. Ambrose, historian and author
- Drawing upon the thoughts and actions of individual Cheyennes, Grinnell manages to reconstruct a highly readable account of their culture.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
