Grinnell George B. The Fighting Cheyennes

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. — 480 p.Without critical comment or biased judgement, George Bird Grinnell - one of the truly great historians of the American Indian - has recorded the major battles that the Cheyennes fought. In this account the entire gallery of the heroic Cheyenne chiefs and warriors-Roman Nose and Black Kettle and Dull Knife and many others-emerge in full color as they strive against the greatest enemy of all: the failure of the white man to understand and appreciate their way of life and his ignorance of their real capacity for peace and cooperation."[Grinnell’s] integrity, sincerity, sympathy, and understanding made him welcome in every tipi... He was one of the very few historians who knew how to get authentic information from Indians, and how to present things as they saw them in readable form." – Stanley Vestal in the foreword.George Bird Grinnell (1849 - 1938) 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 of Native American life. Grinnell has been recognized for his influence on public opinion and work on legislation to preserve the American bison. Mount Grinnell in Glacier National Park in Montana is named after Grinnell.