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FOOLS CROW’S

In James Welch’s story, “Fools Crow,� we learn about an Indian boy becoming a man, how his tribe survives and the trials and tribulations of being an American Indian. As you read this story it takes you through the life of Fools Crow. It shows his struggles to become a part of the tribe, not a nobody. Fools Crow goes through many stages in order to find his place in the tribe. His mentor who helps him see his worth in the tribe is Mik-api, the medicine man. “Mik-api’s prayers in the sweat lodge for Fools Crow had been answered� to make him into a respected Indian. I feel that James Welch has brought his ancestors, the American Indian, to light for us all to learn more about in this one book.
The story of Fools Crow does not start from the beginning of his life, but eighteen years after his birth. Gender roles are very important in this book. You are a child or without honor until you have many horses and a wife or several wives. It seems that......

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