Set in 1870, the novel is about the lives of the southern Blackfeet people. The main character, White Man's Dog, joins his friend Fast Horse in a night-time raid against the Crow. White Man's Dog is portrayed as weak and powerless. Because of that, he visits the medicine man. Yellow Kidney appoints White Man's Dog to lead the young warriors in stealing a herd of horses. White Man's Dog is first wary, but he sings his warrior songs to gain courage. As they drive the horses away from the village, a scout appears. White Man's Dog rushes in and kills the scout. Fast Horse shouts, by mistake awakening the village, and the Crow respond. Yellow Kidney hides in a lodge where he sees people sleeping. He hides beneath the robes (sleeping bag) of a young
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This was inspired by a butterfly which Red Paint saw when she began to think she was pregnant.
White Man's Dog earns the name of Fools Crow, after returning to the Crow tribe, where he took the scalp of their chief Bull Shield, by pretending to be dead. Rumors spread that he had used his "good medicine" to confuse the Crow, hence the name "Fools Crow."
After his return, Fools Crow has a second dream, in which the Raven, a powerful figure, orders him to kill a mountain man who hunting animals for fun and leaving their bodies to rot. The Pikunis consider this to be heinous, as their culture works to keep balance and take no more than they need. Fools Crow finds the Napikwan and attacks him; after a tough fight, Fools Crow kills his foe and suffers a spear wound. He takes a wolf's scalp from the Napikwan. He is recruited to take over the Dry Bones and learn the Beaver …show more content…
While out alone, he decides to go back and name Red Paint's child as Yellow Calf. He accepts his mutilation and realizes that he can live well even without the use of his fingers. Before his return to the band, he is shot by a Napikwan. He was avenging terrorism by Owl Child's gang.
Red Paint's younger brother contracts rabies after beig bitten by a rabid wolf. Fools Crow is called to cure him, as his teacher Mik-api is away, healing another tribe. Fools Crow has changed from a warrior to a healer.
Fast Horse comes upon Yellow Kidney's body and returns it to the tribe, but he goes north to live alone.
The book ends with Fools Crow visiting the mythic Feather Woman, the wife of Morning Star and mother of Star Boy. Fools Crow watches a "yellow hide" and notices that images are forming within the hide. The yellow hide reveals five different visions.
The second is the destruction of Heavy Runner's camp by the seizers (white soldiers).
The fifth is Indian children attending a boarding school with their hair cut off.
The first is the spread of smallpox within his camp, with numerous dead bodies stacked on a platform.
The third is lifeless land all around the region; not one animal can be
This was inspired by a butterfly which Red Paint saw when she began to think she was pregnant.
White Man's Dog earns the name of Fools Crow, after returning to the Crow tribe, where he took the scalp of their chief Bull Shield, by pretending to be dead. Rumors spread that he had used his "good medicine" to confuse the Crow, hence the name "Fools Crow."
After his return, Fools Crow has a second dream, in which the Raven, a powerful figure, orders him to kill a mountain man who hunting animals for fun and leaving their bodies to rot. The Pikunis consider this to be heinous, as their culture works to keep balance and take no more than they need. Fools Crow finds the Napikwan and attacks him; after a tough fight, Fools Crow kills his foe and suffers a spear wound. He takes a wolf's scalp from the Napikwan. He is recruited to take over the Dry Bones and learn the Beaver …show more content…
While out alone, he decides to go back and name Red Paint's child as Yellow Calf. He accepts his mutilation and realizes that he can live well even without the use of his fingers. Before his return to the band, he is shot by a Napikwan. He was avenging terrorism by Owl Child's gang.
Red Paint's younger brother contracts rabies after beig bitten by a rabid wolf. Fools Crow is called to cure him, as his teacher Mik-api is away, healing another tribe. Fools Crow has changed from a warrior to a healer.
Fast Horse comes upon Yellow Kidney's body and returns it to the tribe, but he goes north to live alone.
The book ends with Fools Crow visiting the mythic Feather Woman, the wife of Morning Star and mother of Star Boy. Fools Crow watches a "yellow hide" and notices that images are forming within the hide. The yellow hide reveals five different visions.
The second is the destruction of Heavy Runner's camp by the seizers (white soldiers).
The fifth is Indian children attending a boarding school with their hair cut off.
The first is the spread of smallpox within his camp, with numerous dead bodies stacked on a platform.
The third is lifeless land all around the region; not one animal can be