Fools Crow / Edition 1

by Thomas E. Mails

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803281745
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	08/01/1990
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	294
Sales rank:	714,731
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)
Lexile:	1100L (what's this?)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

**** Originally published by Doubleday in 1979, and cited in BCL3. This reprint makes available the story of the spiritual and civic leader of the Teton Sioux who died in 1989 after nearly a century of activities on behalf of his own people and people of every race. Based on interviews from the 70s. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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