This collection of powerful stories reveals the complex and wondrous world of the Blackfoot nation in the nineteenth century.
George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), a well-known naturalist and ethnologist, was the author of By Cheyenne Campfires, The Cheyenne Indians, and Two Great Scouts and Their Pawnee Battalion, all available in Bison Books editions..
Her great-great grandfather, William Russell, served as the Blackfoot interpreter for Grinnell.
A member of the Blackfeet Tribe and a historian, Thedis Berthelson Crowe provides an indigenous perspective of the Blackfoot Lodge Tales in her new introduction to this edition.
First published in 1892, Blackfoot Lodge Tales is based on George Bird Grinnell\'s personal interactions with the Blackfoot people.
The final section of this book is an insightful overview of the hiStory and culture of the Blackfoot Nation.
Ancient stories, captured in oral tradition, cast the shadow of the Blackfoot People far into the past and provide foundation and meaning for their lives in the present.
Classic Tales of adventure speak of deeds accomplished, and cultural heroes roam across an arresting Native landscape of legend and history.
The thirty Tales transcribed by George Bird Grinnell provide an intimate look into Blackfoot culture and philosophy and remind us of tribal values to be upheld and taught.
This collection of powerful stories reveals the complex and wondrous world of the Blackfoot nation in the nineteenth century
