The Sun God's Children: The History of the Blackfeet Indians

The Blackfeet were people of the buffalo. They originated on the plains of today's southern Alberta, western Saskatchewan, and central Montana. In the 1830s famed artist and explorer George Catlin called the Blackfeet "the most powerful tribe of Indians on the continent." Fur trader, hunting guide, and later, acclaimed chronicler of Native American culture, James Willard Schultz lived with the Blackfeet for many years from the 1870s to the 1930s. The tribe named him "Apikuni" (Spotted Robe). Schultz said the purpose of writing this book was "to integrate the activities of the life of the Blackfeet tribes, in the days of the buffalo, and including certain of their ceremonials of the present time." The Sun God's Children describes the Blackfeet as they lived before the coming of the fur traders and their customs, traditions, and religious beliefs, as told to Schultz by the Blackfeet themselves.

Author: James Willard Schultz
Publisher: Riverbend Publishing
Published: 07/05/2010
Pages: 259
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781606390221
ISBN10: 1606390228
BISAC Categories:
- History | Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies