Fools Crow

by Mails, Thomas E.

• ISBN13: 9780803281745
• ISBN10: 0803281749
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

Frank Fools Crow, a spiritual and civic leader of the Teton Sioux, spent nearly a century helping those of every race. A disciplined, gentle man who upheld the old ways, he was aggrieved by the social ills he saw besetting his own people and forthright in denouncing them. When he died in 1989 at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, he was widely loved and respected. Fools Crow is based on interviews conducted in the 1970s. The holy man tells Thomas E. Mails about his eventful life, from early reservation days when the Sioux were learning to farm, to later times when alcoholism, the cash economy, and World War II were fast eroding the old customs. He describes his vision quests and his becoming a medicine man. His spiritual life-the Yuwipi and sweatlodge ceremonies, the Sun Dance, and instances of physical healing-is related in memorable detail. And because Fools Crow lived joyfully in this world, he also recounts his travels abroad and with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, his happy marriages, his movie work, and his tribal leadership. He lived long enough to mediate between the U.S. government and Indian activists at Wounded Knee in 1973 and to plead before a congressional subcommittee for the return of the Black Hills to his people. Thomas E. Mails is also the author of Mystic Warriors of the Plains (1972) and Sun Dancing at Pine Ridge and Rosebud (1978). His art has been exhibited throughout the West.

Author Biography

Thomas E. Mails is also the author of Mystic Warriors of the Plains (1972) and Sun Dancing at Pine Ridge and Rosebud (1978). His art has been exhibited throughout the West.

Table of Contents

the Meeting At Lower Brule	p. 1
The Sioux From 1700 to 1890	p. 13
a Clash Of Cultures	p. 25
Crazy Crow	p. 33
he Stone White Men	p. 49
Runs for Hill And The Kettle Dance	p. 60
Longneck and The New Life	p. 66
All the Important Dances	p. 78
Stirrup and Fannie	p. 84
Iron Cloud's Pipe	p. 92
Leader of The District	p. 105
the Intercessor	p. 114
Walking Standing Buffalo and The Running Horses	p. 139
We Medicine Men	p. 156
Kate	p. 164
the Days at Home	p. 172
the Cliff At Bear Butte	p. 181
The Ceremonial Chief	p. 190
the Pipe And Power	p. 201
Walking a Hard Road	p. 208
a Noble Legacy	p. 219
Appendix and Notes	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 267
Index	p. 269
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