The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways (2008, World Wisdom

World Wisdom

World Wisdom is an independent publishing company established in 1980 in Bloomington, Indiana. World Wisdom publishes religious and philosophical texts, including the work of authors such as Frithjof Schuon, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda K...

) is a condensed version of a two volume non-fiction book written by the famed anthropologist George Bird Grinnell

George Bird Grinnell

George Bird Grinnell was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1870 and a Ph.D. in 1880. Originally specializing in zoology, he became a prominent early conservationist and student...

, based on his account of his time spent among the last of the nomadic Cheyenne

Cheyenne

Cheyenne are a Native American people of the Great Plains, who are of the Algonquian language family. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taeo'o and the Tsétsêhéstâhese .The Cheyenne are thought to have branched off other tribes of Algonquian stock inhabiting lands...

 Indians. It is one of Grinnell’s best known works and is of historical significance for its intimate first-hand account of life among the Cheyenne.

External links and further reading

• Official Book Page
• The Cheyenne Indians, Vol. 1: History and Society, (Bison Books, 1972) ISBN 978-0803257719
• The Cheyenne Indians, Vol. 2: War, Ceremonies, and Religion, (Bison Books, 1972) ISBN 978-0803257726