Book

Pawnee hero stories and folk-tales, with notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people

Forest and Stream Publishing CompanyNew York • Published In 1889 • Pages:

By: Grinnell, George Bird.

Abstract
George Bird Grinnell, a natural scientist and early traveler in the American West, first met the Pawnee in 1870 while on a geological expedition with Professor Othniel C. Marsh of Yale University. His contact with the Pawnees awoke in him such interest that in 1872 he returned to live with the tribe and participate in many of their activities. After the removal of the Pawnees from their reservation in Nebraska to one in Indian Territory in Oklahoma in 1874-1875, Grinnell visited them to record their traditional life-ways, hear their stories, get their history, and then to put all these things down in book form for the sake of posterity -- the subject matter of the present work. More than two hundred pages of this document are devoted to the hero stories and folk-tales that the author obtained from informants during his visit to the reservation in Oklahoma. The remainder of the book consists of a number of ethnographic notes dealing with origins and migrations, tribal name, traditional customs, daily activities, hunting, warfare, religion, and the conditions leading to their removal to Oklahoma. A final chapter discusses the Pawnee adjustment to 'civilization' as of the late 1800s.
Subjects
Texts translated into english
culture
Pawnee
HRAF PubDate
1998
Region
North America
Sub Region
Plains and Plateau
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Natural Scientist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1997
Field Date
1870-ca.1890
Coverage Date
1800-1880s
Coverage Place
Skidi (Skiri) , Chawi (Chaui), Kitkahahki, and Pitahawirataa bands; northern Kansas and Nebraska, United States
Notes
by George Bird Grinnell
Includes index
LCCN
02017932
LCSH
Pawnee Indians