Fools Crow

Mails, Thomas E, Assisted by Dallas Chief Eagle

ISBN 10: 0385113323 / ISBN 13: 9780385113328

Published by Doubleday, 1979

About this Item

Signed (with drawing) by Thomas Mails, who is cited as author and illustrator of Frank Fools Crow's memoir. Binding is solid. Pages unmarked and only slightly aged. Photos, as well as drawings. Cloth/paper cover has minimal wear. Dustjacket has a little wear to edges, and looks slightly faded. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Seller Inventory # 39850

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fools Crow
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385113323
• ISBN 13: 9780385113328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

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 lifeā the Yuwipi and sweatlodge ceremonies, the Sun Dance, and instances of physical healingā 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.

Book Description

An expanded edition of the classic book on the spiritual teachings of Frank Fools Crow. Advertising in Native American and New Age Publications. Excerpts of new material in New Age health magazines.