Review of The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History.

Authors

Russel Lawrence Barsh, Seattle

Date of this Version

1988

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly fall 1988. Copyright 1988 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Abstract

"Like every nation in the world," John Moore argues in this exceptionally candid and respectful study, "the Cheyenne have cosmopolitan origins." Building on the Cheyenne case, Moore convincingly challenges the persistent characterization of tribal societies as static "crystals" shattered by their collision with European states.