George Bird Grinnell and the 'vanishing' plains indians

From: Montana; The Magazine of Western History | Date: October 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL LEFT HIS MARK UPON MONTANA AND THE WEST YET TODAY FEW PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HIS NAME. MANY MOUNTAINEERS SCRAMBLE UP GRINNELL PEAK IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK WITHOUT GIVING A THOUGHT TO ITS NAMESAKE. MILLIONS HAVE VISITED THE PARK WITHOUT KNOWING GRINNELL'S CRITICAL ROLE IN ITS CREATION. AND DURING THE LAST CENTURY THOUSANDS HAVE PICKED UP HIS BOOKS ABOUT THE PAWNEE, BLACKFEET, AND CHEYENNE INDIANS WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE MAN WHO WROTE THEM. HISTORIANS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS KNOW OF GRINNELL, BUT FEW HAVE STUDIED THE MAN HIMSELF AND GRINNELL'S LIFE AWAITS A FULLSCALE BIOGRAPHY.1

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