Book
Pawnee hero stories and folk-tales, with notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people
Forest and Stream Publishing Company • New 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.
- 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