The Writing of Two Volumes Concerning the Role of the Chiefs and Miliatry Societies in Northern Cheyenne Life and Art

FAIN: RO-11859-73

Newberry Library (Chicago, IL 60610-3305)
Peter J. Powell (Project Director: January 1973 to present)

Purpose: completion of the writing of two volumes concerning the role of the Chiefs and military societies in Northern Cheyenne life and art, 1830-1970. Significance: this is the first major study of this aspect of Cheyenne life in over forty years. It is the first major study of the miliatry societies of the Northern Cheyenne ever made.