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Title: Fools Crow by Fools Crow, Thomas E. Mails, Dallas Chief Eagle ISBN: 0-8032-8174-9 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: August, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A bit disappointing...
Comment: After reading Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power (which is one of my all time favorite books!), I was naturally drawn to reading the biography of Fools Crow. Alas, I found the book a bit tedious and disappointing. I am sure Thomas Mails wrote an accurate account, but his style and the points he emphasizes make for a plodding read.
Despite these troubles, I found the book to be informative of life on the 20th century Pine Ridge Reservation. The problems outlined in this book are not going away, and if this book raises concerns about what must be done to correct these terrible issues it has done a great service.
This book is also very good in regards to giving a history of the Sioux since the Great Sioux War of 1876. So often the history of this great nation is placed in the background to the white culture making it difficult to see with any degree of accuracy. This book is from the vantage point of a Sioux elder and tells the sad tale of an oppressed people.
Rating: 3
Summary: The story of Frank Foolscrow
Comment: This is the story of Frank Foolscrow: The Ceremonial chief of the Teton Sioux:
I very much enjoyed the story of the politics on the reservation.
I do have several problems with this book.
1. The story was recorded by Thomas E. Mails a Lutheran, and I found it disconcerting that in some places the Term "God" is used, and in others the Sioux term "Wakan Tanka" is used.
2. On page 100 Mr. Mails equates the tobacco ties as a rosary. The Tobacco ties had nothing with a rosary. They were simply offerings to his 405 helpers.
3. On page 107 Mr. Mails implies that Frank Foolscrow was a Catholic. It is clear that he retained his spirituality.
4. I am VERY disturbed by what he calls "The Kettle Dance". I am not from that culture, and do not know what it represents to the people. So I have no right to judge it.
5. The colors associated with the directions are wrong. I don't know if Mr. Mails got this wrong, or Mr. Foolscrow believed this information was too sacred to share. The accurate colors for the Sioux medicine wheel is.
Black in the West and represents Earth. White in the North and represents Air. Red in the East and represents Fire. Yellow in the South and represents Water Green in the Center and represents Spirit
You can see the accurate layout of the Sioux medicine wheel on the cover of "Native Wisdom" by Ed McGaa.
Questions or comments. E-Mail me. Two Bears
Wah doh Ogedoda
Rating: 4
Summary: Biographical telling of Fools Crow life
Comment: This book is the counterpoint to Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power. It is more a retelling of his life story, there is less description of his worldview which is more the focus of Wisdom and Power. One feels reading this that he could have gone on and on about the politics at the reservation, he doesn't and for me seeing how he expresses his views about this situation while keeping a gentle ad moderate tone is quite revealing of his personality. There is a fascinating account of his exerience at Bear Butte, which is the highlight of the book.
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Title: Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power by Thomas Mails, Russell Means ISBN: 1571781048 Publisher: Council Oak Distribution Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol 36) by Joseph E. Brown ISBN: 0806121246 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.79 |
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Title: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by Black Elk, John Gneisenau Neihardt, Nicholas Black Elk, Vine, Jr. Deloria ISBN: 0803261705 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by Richard Erdoes ISBN: 0671888021 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Gift of Power: The Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man by Archie Fire Lame Deer, Richard Erdoes, Alvin M., Jr. Josephy ISBN: 1879181126 Publisher: Bear & Co Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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