Sunday, June 12, 2011

Fools Crow Quiz Ch 30- 33

1.Who does Fast Horse return to the Lone Eaters? (30)

2. What does Fools Crow say woman don't do so easily? (31)

3. In the place Fools Crow is at, what does not happen their? (31)

4. Why does Fools Crow think he was brought to this place? (31)

5. What does Rides at the Door have to do with Kills CLose to the Lake, and Running Fisher? (32)

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Chapter 30

Chapter 30:

"He had returned Yellow Kidney."




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Chapter 29

Chapter 29:

"I will pray for you. my husband, but you must promise me that you will return. You must promise me!"




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Chapters 28

Chapter 28:




blackfeet tribal council with government Indian agency about 1900


"All the men's societies had been represented"











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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Chapter 27 summary

In Chapter 27, Fast Horse is traveling with Owl Child and his Gang. They find a war lodge set up and Fast Horse decides to go check it out. He sees a Pikuni man laying on his side. The man has a braid wrapped with otter. He looks and see the man has no fingers and realizes he has found Yellow Kidney dead. Fast Horse then reflects on how he killed him.

Chapter 26 Summary

In Chapter 26 of Fools Crow by James Welch Pretty on Top comes with a Napikwan to warn the Lone Eaters about the dangerous small pox. He explains to them that they must turn away all visitors that come, until they have been properly vaccinated with the "juice." They discuss what to do if there relatives show up, and whether or not to turn them away. They think that maybe they should move and join a different group until cold maker goes away. They decide that maybe together they can come up with a solution.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Chapter 24+25 Questions

1. The Pikuni Chiefs are going to meet the Napikwans, to take about a new treaty.

2.Rides at the Door is unhappy because this would be the last of the friendly meetings with the Napikwans.

3.Heavy Runner's supports the Napikwans and this clouds his judgement on what is right for the Pikunis

4.Heavy Runner learned to write his name with a stick that squirted black juice.

5.Heavy Runner begins to worry because they weren't greeted and the Napikwans weren't ready for them.

6.Long Teeth was a white many faces man who had come to camp with the lone eaters.

7. A table is described as sqare platforms with legs.

8.Heavy Runner wants sugar with his coffee.

9. The Grandfather is the leader of the Napikwans

10. The Napikwans are disappointed because the Pikunis major chiefs had chose not to attend.

11.Sully's predicament is that he is going to have to propose the treaty with the chiefs that showed up, he also knows that the treaty is going to punish the blackfoot severly.

12. The three points of the meeting are first the arrest of Owl Child, they have to return all stolen Napikwan horse, and all killing will cease and their will be peace.

13.The Pikunis respond to sullys demands by agreeing to try and meet all demands, and kill Owl Child.

14.Sully says that they were not succuessful in engaging the other Pikuni chiefs because if they had shown up they might have avoided a conflict that can only go bad for your people. This ironic because the chiefs are vital to saving the blackfoot but they were all drunk and couldn't make it to the meeting.

15.Heavy Runner and the others request to sign a peace of paper for the treaty.

Chapter 25

  1. The character at the beginning of this chapter is "overwhelmed by this country that his companions took for granted," and he thinks that life is "destined to go on forever." Although we don't know his name we know that he was a miner from Atlanta, Georgia who is headed to the Montana Territory to go mine there to find gold.
  2. Fast Horse ambushed some of the Napikwans with Owl child and his gang and Fast Horse took their many-shots gun and the other weapons.
  3. Owl Child and his followers ambushed the Napikwan wagons. They took the items that they needed.
  4. Fast Horse is concerned because they struck too close to their people's camps this time.
  5. Owl Child is different because usually he would mock Fast Horse for saying that but this time he agrees with Fast Horse. He is fearing the Napikwans will blame Mountain Chief instead.
  6. At the end of the chapter, Fast Horse thinks Owl Child's days are numbered, but he doesn't know why it is.