The Ten Grandmothers
Epic of the Kiowas
By Alice Marriott
Volume 26 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series
"A history of the Kiowa tribe and of their transformation from a nomadic plains tribe to a settled agricultural people . . . told with the stark simplicity and economy of line of a Chinese brush-drawing."-Saturday Review of Literature.
"The Ten Grandmothers were sacred ’medicine’ bundles, which down through the Indian generations had grown to be surrounded by a web of legends and superstitions. . . This book has a mighty impact of almost Homeric beauty and wonder, tragedy, and bravery."-Christian Science Monitor.
"A monument of folklore, a fascinating collection of modern Indian stories, an impressive contribution to anthropology, ethnology, and native literature. Seldom have I come upon anything so fraught with human and historical interest as these chapters in the story of the Kiowa Indians."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Told in a manner calculated to please both scholars and the lay public."-American Historical Review.
"One of the best books ever written on the Indian and an important contribution to the history of the West."-Rocky Mountain News.
"Miss Marriott is an anthropologist, but don’t let that academic title scare you away; she can write."-Boston Globe.
"It is one of the most accurate and sustained accounts of the transition from Indian ways to half-white ways that I have seen."-Chicago Tribune.
"Anthropology here yields one of its great rewards, that we can see ourselves as others see us, through the eyes of those we study."-American Archaeologist.
"This is a distinguished book."-New York Times
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