James R. Murie

(1862-1921) born at Grand Island. Educator, farmer, anthropologist, devoted 30 years to the collection of information on the Pawnee Indian culture, contributed data to major institutions, including the American Museum of Natural history and the Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution; published a comprehensive study of Pawnee ceremonialism, and assisted distinguished scholars in their publication of several books and articles. Consult obituary in Pawnee /OK/ Democrat, November 24, 1921, p. 1 and American Indian Intellectuals (1978) 74-89 and American National Biography, Vol 16 (1999) 122-123.

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