George Bird Grinnell
Biographic Data
| ID | 74878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Bird Grinnell |
| GIVEN NAMES | George Bird |
| FAMILY NAME | Grinnell |
| SIGNATURE | GRINNELL G B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sanford Broadway Medical Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 51 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 51 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1890 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Life of John James Audubon
This chapter reprints Grinnell's portrayal of the life of Audubon from issues 1–8 (February–September 1887) of The Audubon Magazine. The biography tackles major formative events in Audubon's life, from his years growing up in France and Louisiana to his marriage and his encounters with both wildlife and other people who would influence him in his later years, such as Alexander Wilson, who has been called the Father of American Ornithology. Across…
The Cheyenne Indians: Their History & Ways of Life
Two Great Scouts and Their Pawnee Battalion: The Experiences of Frank J. North and Luther H. North
The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell
Journal Article The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell Get access The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell. Edited by Reiger John F.. (New York: Winchester Press, 1972. 182 p. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $8.95.) Roderick Nash Roderick Nash University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Histor…
By Cheyenne Campfires
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847
Pawnee, Blackfoot and Cheyenne
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales with Notes on the Origin, Customs and Character of the Pawnee People
The Fighting Cheyennes
Two Great Scouts and Their Pawnee Battalion
Two Great Scouts and Their Pawnee Battalion. By George Bird Grinnell. (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1928. 298 pp. Illustrations and maps. $6.) Get access William E. Connelley William E. Connelley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 16, Issue 3, December 1929, Pages 426–428, https://doi.org/10.2307/1895083 Published: 01 December 1929
By Cheyenne Campfires
The Medicine Wheel
When Buffalo Ran
Journal Article When buffalo ran. By George Bird Grinnell. (New Haven: Yale university press, 1920. 114 p. $2.50) Get access J. P. Dunn J. P. Dunn Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 7, Issue 4, March 1921, Page 409, https://doi.org/10.2307/1886216 Published: 01 March 1921
Falling-Star
Who Were the Padouca
A Buffalo Sweatlodge
Early Cheyenne Villages
Indian Trap Pits on the Missouri
Indian Trap Pits Along the Missouri," conveys to me the impression that he regards the eagle-catching pits there described as something new, but this is perhaps hardly what he means.The practice of catching eagles by means of these pits, or by means of small enclosures built above ground and roofed over, has been well known to some ethnologists for at least twenty-five years, and, in fact, was practised by many Plains tribes up to the middle of t…
The fighting Cheyennes
Journal Article The fighting Cheyennes. By George Bird Grinnell. (New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 1915. 431 p. $3.50) Get access Ralph Linton Ralph Linton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 3, Issue 3, December 1916, Pages 417–418, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892262 Published: 01 December 1916
The Cheyenne Medicine Lodge
Hunting at high altitudes: The book of the Boone and Crockett club, George Bird Grinnell, editor.
During the day no settle- ments nor habitations were seen, except an occa- sional section house for the railroad hands.
Some Indian Stream Names
THE Gros Ventres the Prairie, a branch the Arapaho, now live for the most part on the Fort Belknap reservation in northern Montana. They are known to the Blackfeet as At-s?'-na, which is translated Gut People. This name in the books is more commonly written Atsina, but as I have heard the name pronounced by the Blackfeet the e is long like ay in hay. No one apparently has been able to account for their name Gros Ventres, but the addition the word…
American game-bird shooting
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
The Great Mysteries of the Cheyenne
Coup and Scalp Among the Plains Indians
Coup and Scalp Among the Plains Indians
The Medicine Wheel
Blackfoot Lodge Tales. The Story of a Prairie People
These tales 'bring alive the world of the Northern Plains buffalo hunters and warriors- Western Folklore. First published in 1892, Lodge Tales is based on George Bird Grinnell's extensive personal knowledge of the three tribes of the Blackfoot nation. Grinnell, an ethnologist, writer, editor, explorer, creator of Glacier National Park, and protector of Yellowstone National Park, had great compassion for and understanding of Indians at a time when…
Pawnee Mythology
A Buffalo Sweatlodge
Early Cheyenne Villages
The Great Mysteries of the Cheyenne
Some Early Cheyenne Tales
The Lodges of the Blackfeet
Pawnee, Blackfoot and Cheyenne
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales with Notes on the Origin, Customs and Character of the Pawnee People
The Cheyenne Medicine Lodge
Tenure of Land Among the Indians
The Story of the Indian
Marriage Among the Pawnees
Who Were the Padouca
Some Indian Stream Names
THE Gros Ventres the Prairie, a branch the Arapaho, now live for the most part on the Fort Belknap reservation in northern Montana. They are known to the Blackfeet as At-s?'-na, which is translated Gut People. This name in the books is more commonly written Atsina, but as I have heard the name pronounced by the Blackfeet the e is long like ay in hay. No one apparently has been able to account for their name Gros Ventres, but the addition the word…
Cheyenne Stream Names
Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines
Notes on Some Cheyenne Songs
All Indians are musicians to a greater or less extent.They possess a few noisy musical instruments, such as drums, rattles, whistles, bullroarers, and the like, and often at night from the hillsides comes the plaintive music of the flute, where the Indian lover is playing for the pleasure of his sweetheart, or in the hope that he may call her out from the lodge.But, after all, most of their music is vocal.Most of the instrumental music of the Che…
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
Account of the Northern Cheyennes concerning the Messiah Superstition
The Young Dog's Dance
Marriage Among the Pawnees
Development of a Pawnee Myth: Ti-Ke-Wa-Kush: The Man Who Called the Buffalo
A Blackfoot Sun and Moon Myth
Pawnee Mythology
Blackfoot Lodge Tales. The Story of a Prairie People
These tales 'bring alive the world of the Northern Plains buffalo hunters and warriors- Western Folklore. First published in 1892, Lodge Tales is based on George Bird Grinnell's extensive personal knowledge of the three tribes of the Blackfoot nation. Grinnell, an ethnologist, writer, editor, explorer, creator of Glacier National Park, and protector of Yellowstone National Park, had great compassion for and understanding of Indians at a time when…
A Pawnee Star Myth
The Story of the Indian
Trail and camp-fire: The book of the Boone and Crockett club; editors: George Bird Grinnell, Theodore Roosevelt.
established at the mouths of rivers flowing into Hudson Bay, where for many years they con- fined their trade without attempting to explore inland; and it was not until after the formation of their rival, the Northwest Company, in about 1760, that they were forced to establish posts inland.
American big-game hunting: The book of the Boone and Crockett club; editors, Theodore Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell.
American Big-Game Hunting justly celebrated. The wind blew with a violence such as I had never before experienced, the air was filled with drifting snow, and the temperature was in the neighborhood of zero.
American big-game hunting, the Book of the Boone and Crockett Club
The Boone and Crockett Club, Roosevelt, T. and Grinnell, G.B.- A Buffalo story. G.S. Anderson.- The white coat and his country. O. Wister.- A day with the elk. W. Chanler.- Old times in the Black Hills. R.D. Williams.- Big game in the Rockies. A. Rogers.- Coursing the Prongbuck. T. Roosevelt.- After Wapiti in Wyoming. F.C. Crocker.- In buffalo days. G.B. Grinnell.- Nights with the grizzlies. W.D. Pickett.- The Yellowstone Park as a game reservati…
The Indians of To-Day
The Lodges of the Blackfeet
The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories
Punishment of the Stingy, first published in 1901, has become a classic of American Indian literature. George Bird Grinnell's retelling of Indian tales like The Star Boy, The Girl Who Was the Ring, The First Medicine Lodge, and Nothing Child retains the humor and mystery of their sources. Featuring the twin themes of generosity and stinginess, this is the only one of Grinnell's collections to embrace narratives from a number of tribes--Blackfoot,…
Cheyenne Woman Customs
Notes on Some Cheyenne Songs
All Indians are musicians to a greater or less extent.They possess a few noisy musical instruments, such as drums, rattles, whistles, bullroarers, and the like, and often at night from the hillsides comes the plaintive music of the flute, where the Indian lover is playing for the pleasure of his sweetheart, or in the hope that he may call her out from the lodge.But, after all, most of their music is vocal.Most of the instrumental music of the Che…
A Cheyenne Obstacle Myth
Traditions of the Arapaho. Collected under the auspices of the Field Columbian Museum and of the American Museum of Natural History. By George A. Dorsey, Alfred L. Kroeber
Traditions of the Crows. By S. C. Simms
Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines
Cheyenne Stream Names
Some Early Cheyenne Tales
Tenure of Land Among the Indians
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