John G “Grant; Bishéessawaache” BullTail (1940-2020) was an Apsáalooke/Crow storyteller, historian, cultural knowledge keeper, and member of the Crow Culture Commission at Crow Agency, Montana. He came from a family of traditional storytellers and carried forward histories, stories, songs, plant knowledge, and ceremonial knowledge learned from elders, especially his grandfather Comes Up Red. Bulltail was also a Lodge Erector and Pipe Carrier in the Crow Sacred Tobacco Society, a Vietnam War veteran, rancher, rodeo competitor, and 2019 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow.

The Grant Bulltail collection documents Bulltail’s storytelling, teaching, and cultural interpretation through audio and video recordings created primarily between 2010 and 2015. Materials include recordings of Bulltail speaking at Utah State University and Edith Bowen Laboratory School in Logan, Utah; presentations and storytelling sessions in Pryor Creek, Montana and Dubois, Wyoming; and a substantial series of recordings made at Spring Ranch near Dubois, Wyoming in July 2015. The recordings document Crow histories, stories, songs, ceremonial knowledge, ethnobotanical knowledge, and Indigenous relationships to land and place, especially in Montana, Wyoming, and the Greater Yellowstone region.