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Fools Crow Paperback - 1990

by Thomas E. Mails

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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.

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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 this vision quests and his becoming a medicine man.

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  • Title Fools Crow
  • Author Thomas E. Mails
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 294
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bison Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1990-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780803281745 / 0803281749
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 5.94 x 0.66 in (23.01 x 15.09 x 1.68 cm)
  • Reading level 1100
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Montana
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Oglala Indians, Teton Indians
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90033803
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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.
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