Cheyenne Memories

Second Edition

By: John Stands In Timber, Margot Liberty

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Paperback | 21 January 1998 | Edition Number 1

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This classic work is an oral history of the Cheyenne Indians from legendary times to the early reservation years, a collaborative effort by the Cheyenne tribal historian, John Stands in Timber, and anthropologist Margot Liberty. Published in 1967, the book now has an updated bibliography and a new preface by Liberty, in which she shares her recollections of Stands in Timber and describes the circumstances of the Cheyenne over the past thirty years.

Stands in Timber was born in 1882, a few years after his grandfather was killed in the Custer battle. In this book he recounts tribal myths and sacred rituals, conflict with traditional enemies and whites, and eventual "civilization" and settlement on a reservation. The retelling of Cheyenne traditions formed an important part of Stands in Timber's life from early childhood, and on his return from school in 1905 he became the primary keeper of the oral literature of his people, seeking out every elder who could contribute personal memories to Cheyenne lore. In 1956 he met Margot Liberty, then an Indian Affairs Bureau teacher, who helped him tape-record more than thirty hours of recollections. From these she compiled this unique and lively folk history, one based on a longtime inside view that can never be duplicated.

"This is an extraordinarily fascinating book, ...a book that all Americans, Indians as well as non-Indians, will Treasure". -- Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

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Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
List of Illustrations and Maps
Introduction	p. 3
Earliest Stories	p. 11
Sweet Medicine	p. 27
The Chiefs	p. 42
The Soldiers	p. 58
The Sacred Medicine Things	p. 73
Ceremonies and Power	p. 91
Early History	p. 115
Battles with the Crows, 1820-1870	p. 127
Fighting the Shoshonis, 1855-1870	p. 141
Troubles and Treaties with the Whites	p. 160
Where the Girl Saved Her Brother	p. 181
The Custer Fight	p. 191
After the Custer Fight	p. 212
After Surrender	p. 226
The Early Reservation to 1890	p. 238
The Ghost Dance Years, 1890-1900	p. 256
Getting Civilized	p. 270
Personal Memories	p. 286
Genealogy of John Stands In Timber	p. 302
Bibliography	p. 303
Index	p. 311
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