George E. Hyde was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in
1882. As a boy he became interested in Indians and began writing
about them in 1910. He has produced some of the most important
books on the American Indian ever written, including Indians of the
High Plains, Indians of the Woodlands, Red Cloud's Folk, Spotted
Tail's Folk, and Life of George Bent, all published by the
University of Oklahoma Press. Hyde died in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1968
at the age of 86.
Savoie Lottinville, editor of four series of books published
by the University of Oklahoma Press during his tenure as director
from 1938 to 1967, was Regents Professor of History in the
University and Director Emeritus of the Press. He was a graduate of
the University of Oklahoma and of the University of Oxford,
England, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
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