Fools Crow is a native warrior and shaman in the Lone Eaters Blackfeet tribe found in 1870s Montana territory. Through his visions of the future he can foresee the increasing dangers of the ever encroaching white man who brings disease, destruction of all the animal life and finally military force. However Fools Crow is not without hope because during a vision quest he was reassured that he could do much good for his people by preserving their culture.
Fools Crow
by James Welch
Of mixed Blackfeet and Gros Ventre ancestry, James Welch was born in 1940 in Browning, Montana, the tribal headquarters of the Blackfeet Indian Nation. Educated at the Uni...
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It is generally accepted that the Native American Renaissance in literature started with N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn in 1968. James Welch's Winter in the Blood (1974) is the second major wor...
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James Welch--poet, novelist, documentary scriptwriter, and historical essayist--has long been acknowledged as a major voice in the Native American Renaissance. His book of poems, Riding the Earthboy 4...
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The book Fools Crow, written by James Welch, makes anyone who reads it more
appreciative of Indians. The book is about a young man, Fools Crow, who grows
up and has to deal with the obstacles ...
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Fools Crow
James Welch
