The Cheyenne Way (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (991 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806118555 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
“Planned and executed upon a novel and striking pattern this book appeals to the lawyer, the sociologist and the collector of Indian lore, as well as to the general reader.”—New York Times Book Review
Megan said Four Stars. Exactly what I expected. In Depth look at Cheyenne Justice during it's Plains Days This is fairly easy to read, but you have to read it objectively. The authors did excellent work, but they were greatly limited by the small surviving population and having to use elderly tribes people to relate their versions. To a degree Grinnell's Cheyenne works form the the counter point or basic building material fo
This cultural trait, together with the colorful background of the Cheyennes, attracted the unique collaboration of a legal theorist and an anthropologist, who, in this volume, provide a definitive picture of the law-ways of a primitive, nonliterate people.This foundational study of primitive law presents the folkways in law of the Cheyennes through the technique of the American case lawyer, adjusted to the requirements of the anthropologist with his scientific understanding of human behavior and realistic sociology. Particularly appealing to the general reader are the law cases themselves. The Cheyenne Indians, in sharp contrast to other Plains tribes, are renowned for the clear sense of form and structure in their institutions. Based on individual episodes that reflect the legal procedure of the Cheyennes over a period of more than sixty years, the cases are heroic narratives in the finest tradition.