{"product_id":"pawnee-hero-stories-and-folk-tales-9780803250802","title":"Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales","description":"In the late 1880s the ethnologist and writer George Bird Grinnell visited the Pawnee Agency in Indian Territory. To Eagle Chief, whom he had known for many years, he explained the object of his visit: Father, we have come down here to . . . ask the people about how things used to be in the olden times, to hear their stories, to get their history, and then to put all these things down in a book. The chief meditated for a time and then said: It is good and it is time. Already the old things are being lost, and those who know the secrets are many of them dead. . . . The old men told their grandchildren, and they told their grandchildren, and so the secrets and the stories and the doings of long ago have been handed down.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result of Grinnell's field work was \u003ci\u003ePawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1899. Here are stories about a Pawnee youth who serves as a peacemaker and a warrior's quest for lost joy, and such tales as The Dun Horse, The Bear man, The Snake Brother, and The Ghost Wife. Extended notes describe the origins and migrations of the Pawnees, their customs, methods of warfare, and later history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Bird Grinnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.20w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803250802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Bird Grinnell's \u003ci\u003eBlackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People, The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life, By Cheyenne Campfires\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories\u003c\/i\u003e are also available as Bison Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40139360862323,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b0ec6e17-bf8b-4374-a35c-c7aaae284182.jpg?v=1654434498","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/pawnee-hero-stories-and-folk-tales-9780803250802","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}