A story of friendship between an American white boy and a Blackfoot boy.

"A series of illustrated books to help preserve the culture and heritage of the four divisions that make up the Blackfoot Confederacy in the United States and Canada"--Cover.

"One of the greatest pleasures of my long life on the plains was my intimate friendship with Hugh Monroe, or Rising Wolf, whose tale of his first experiences upon the Saskatchewan-Missouri River plains is set forth in Rising Wolf just as I had it from him before the lodge fires of the long ago. At first an engagé of the Hudson's Bay Company, then of the American Fur Company, and finally free trapper, Hugh Monroe saw more "new country" and had more adventures than most of the early men of the West. During the last years of his long life he lived much with his grandson, William Jackson, ex-Custer scout, who was my partner, and we loved to have him with us. Slender of figure, and not tall, blue-eyed and once brown-haired, he must have been in his time a man of fine appearance. Honest he was and truthful. Kind of heart and brave. A good Christian, too, and yet with no small faith in the gods of his Blackfoot people. And he was a man of tremendous vitality. Up to the very last he went about with his loved flintlock gun, trapping beavers and shooting an occasional deer. He died in his ninety-eighth year, and we buried him in the Two Medicine Valley, under the shadow of the cliffs over which he had so many times helped the Pi-kun-i stampede herds of buffalo to their death, and in sight of that great, sky-piercing height of red rock on the north side of the Two Medicine Lake, which we named Rising Wolf Mountain. It is a fitting monument to the man who was the first of his race to see it, and the great expanse it overlooks." Contents: With the Hudson's Bay Company The Sun-Glass Hunting with Red Crow A Fight with the River People Buffalo Hunting Camping on Arrow River The Crows attack the Blackfeet In the Yellow River Country The Coming of Cold Maker Making Peace with the Crows

"The Gray Scalp; Or, The Blackfoot Brave" is a Western adventure novel. A team of settlers is on an expedition to set up a post beyond the Rocky Mountains. As they set up camp that evening, they are unaware that they have been surrounded by Indians. When the attack finally goes down, they are near helpless to resist, leaving a trail of dead bodies in its wake. In the aftermath, they discover that Miss Flora Robinette, the daughter of one of their party, is also missing. Now it's a race against time to find out what happened to her...

In 'True Life Story: Rising Wolf the White Blackfoot', James Willard Schultz delves into the remarkable life of Hugh Monroe, also known as Rising Wolf, a white man who was adopted into the Blackfoot tribe. Schultz's narrative style combines historical accuracy with vivid storytelling, offering readers a glimpse into the fascinating culture and ways of the Blackfoot people. Set against the backdrop of the American frontier in the mid-1800s, the book provides a unique perspective on the complexities of identity and belonging in a rapidly changing world. Schultz's attention to detail and deep respect for Native American traditions make this a valuable contribution to the genre of indigenous literature.

life changes dramatically for the Blackfeet people in the early 1700's when a twin brother and sister discover a stange animal and succeed in bringing it back to the tribe.

The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by historian Hugh A. Dempsey presents tales from the Blackfoot tribe of the plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta. Drawn from Dempsey’s fifty years of interviewing tribal elders and sifting through archives, the stories are about warfare, hunting, ceremonies, sexuality, the supernatural, and captivity, and they reflect the Blackfoot worldview and beliefs. This remarkable compilation of oral history and accounts from government officials, travelers, and fur traders preserves stories dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. "The importance of oral history," Dempsey writes, "is reflected in the fact that the majority of these stories would never have survived had they not been preserved orally from generation to generation."