Medicine man of the Blackfeet. Teaches Fools Crow the traditional songs and medicines. Owl Child – A Pikuni rebel who plans on waging war on Napikwan. Provokes retaliation. Chief Mountain – Pikuni chief who aligns with armed struggle rather than compromise. (Not historically accurate. Mountain Chief was the final leader of the Blackfeet tribe, not Rides-at-the-door, a fictional character.) Heavy Runner – Pikuni leader who, in contrast to Mountain Chief, cooperated with the US. (Heavy Runner's band was mistakenly killed by Army forces at the Marias Massacre.) Boss Ribs – Father of Fast Horse. Well respected in the tribe Reception Fools Crow was well-received by critics. It was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, American Book Award, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award. References Further reading Whitson, Kathy J., Native American Literatures: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes ABC-CLIO Inc, Santa Barbara, 1999 Little Eagle, Lionel, Greengrass Pipe Dancers - Crazy Horse's Pipe Bag and a Search for Healing (Naturegraph Publishers, 2000, ) Lowie, Robert H.: "Ceremonialism in North America", American Anthropologist 16:4 (1914), 602-31. https://www.jstor.org/stable/660776, accessed 11/04/2008 17:34 Lupton, M.J.: James Welch: A Critical Companion. Westport CT: Greenwood, 2004. Novels by James Welch Native American novels Novels set in Montana Blackfoot culture 1986 American novels American Book Award-winning works