Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park James Willard Schultz 9781540496478 Books
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J. W. Schultz (1859–1947) was an author, explorer, and historian known for his historical writings of the Blackfoot Indians in the late 1800s, when he lived among them as a fur trader. In 1907, Schultz published My Life as an Indian, the first of many future writings about the Blackfeet that he would produce over the next thirty years. Schultz lived in Browning, Montana. "Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park" is by the Plains veteran, J. W. Shultz, and is “real stuff,” vivid and exciting, with the value that comes from firsthand knowledge. Schultz is most noted for his 37 books, most about Blackfoot life, and for his contributions to the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park. In the mid-1880s, Schultz began to spend more time in the Two Medicine and Saint Mary Lakes region of what is now Glacier National Park guiding and outfitting local hunters. Thus began decades of Schultz naming features in the Glacier regions for clients and friends, and to honor traditional Indian names. In his 1916 book "Blackfeet Tales" Schultz writes "AFTER an absence of many years, I have returned to visit for a time my Blackfeet relatives and friends, and we are camping along the mountain trails where, in the long ago, we hunted buffalo, and elk, and moose, and all the other game peculiar to this region." Also during this reunion with his Blackfeet relatives, Schultz takes the time to record the many Blackfeet legends and stories told around the campfire. Schultz also relates his conversations with the Blackfeet over land rights issues, as in the following exchange "At the upper east side and head of this beautiful lake rises a pyramidal mountain of great height and grandeur. A frowse of pine timber on its lower front slope, and its ever-narrowing side slopes above, give it a certain resemblance to a buffalo bull. Upon looking at a recent map of the country I found that it had been named "Mount Rockwell." So, turning to Yellow Wolf, I said "The whites have given that mountain yonder the name of a white man. It is so marked upon this paper." The old man, half blind and quite feeble, roused up when he heard that, and cried out "Is it so? Not satisfied with taking our mountains, the whites even take away the ancient names we have given them! They shall not do it! You tell them so! That mountain yonder is Rising Bull Mountain, and by that name it must ever be called! Rising Bull was one of our great chiefs what more fitting than that the mountain should always bear his name?" Contents I. Two Medicine II. Pu-nak-ik-si (cutbank) III. Ki-nuk -si Is-si-sak'-ta (little River) IV. Puht-o-muk-si-kim-iks (The Lakes Inside) St. Mary's Lakes V. Iks-i'-kwo-yi-a-tuk-tai (Swift Current River) VI. Ni-na Us-tak-wi (chief Mountain)
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park James Willard Schultz 9781540496478 Books
I'm usually not so fond of "Indian myths" and similar collections, as they are often written in a stilted language or are poorly translated. This book is a wonderful exception. Schultz writes it as a series of diary entries as his Blackfoot friends tell stories in the lodge or around the fire at the end of the day. He has managed to keep the compelling style of his original material, told by talented story tellers.Schultz was born to a wealthy family in upstate New York in 1859, but his wanderlust took him west. He married a Blackfoot woman and stayed with the tribe for several decades until fleeing to California after a legal run-in with Montana game wardens. From the evidence in this book, he was accepted as a tribal member, and he always refers to the Blackfoot as "his people," while whites were not.
The stories run the gamut from tribal history to legend and myth. Most sound as if they are embellished stories of real events. Collectively they convey something of Blackfoot culture, daily life, and beliefs.
Underneath the stories lies a deep sadness. The Blackfoot tribe has lost two-thirds to three-fourths of its members. Though the tribe still hunts there surreptitiously, Glacier National Park has become a tourist destination instead of tribal hunting grounds. The old ways are dying with the storytellers.
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Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park James Willard Schultz 9781540496478 Books Reviews
It must have been scanned in some years ago as many words, sentences, and phrases have symbols rather than letters. There are weirdly placed breaks, etc...but as far as the body of it, it is fascinating. A good light read, interesting. On the whole glad I "kindled" it.
I am so glad that these stories have been kept for myself and future generations.
Do not buy the edition of this book! It was apparently scanned on a very bad scanner and not edited; it is literally unreadable.
There are no page numbers
What a fascinating biography and loaded with amazing adventures and events. Lots to learn about the First Nation peoples. Pity it was so poorly scanned and reproduced as at times the sentences jolt to a strange meaning because the footer and header have suddenly appeared in the sentence. ORC was not well done, as many words had strange characters in them. Editing desperately needed!
A not very well known author but one of my favorites this is a wonderful book especially if you are going to Glacier Park. Also highlyb recommend My life as an Indian by the same author.
No issues with quality or type-set as some earlier reviews indicated.
I'm usually not so fond of "Indian myths" and similar collections, as they are often written in a stilted language or are poorly translated. This book is a wonderful exception. Schultz writes it as a series of diary entries as his Blackfoot friends tell stories in the lodge or around the fire at the end of the day. He has managed to keep the compelling style of his original material, told by talented story tellers.
Schultz was born to a wealthy family in upstate New York in 1859, but his wanderlust took him west. He married a Blackfoot woman and stayed with the tribe for several decades until fleeing to California after a legal run-in with Montana game wardens. From the evidence in this book, he was accepted as a tribal member, and he always refers to the Blackfoot as "his people," while whites were not.
The stories run the gamut from tribal history to legend and myth. Most sound as if they are embellished stories of real events. Collectively they convey something of Blackfoot culture, daily life, and beliefs.
Underneath the stories lies a deep sadness. The Blackfoot tribe has lost two-thirds to three-fourths of its members. Though the tribe still hunts there surreptitiously, Glacier National Park has become a tourist destination instead of tribal hunting grounds. The old ways are dying with the storytellers.
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