‘My Life as an Indian’ is the memoir of James Willard Schultz. The book tells the story of his first year living with the Pikuni tribe of Blackfeet Indians east of Glacier.
Contents:
Fort Benton
The Ruse of a Savage Lover
The Tragedy of the Marias
A War Trip for Horses
Days With the Game
The Story of the Crow Woman
A White Buffalo
A Winter on the Marias
I Have a Lodge of My Own
The Killing of a Bear
The Kutenai’s Story
The Great Race
The Snake Woman
The Snake Woman’s Quest
I Return to My People
The Story of Rising Wolf
A Friendly Visit From the Crows
A Raid by the Crows
Nat-Ah’-Ki’s Wedding
The Attack on the Hunters
Never-laughs Goes East
The War Trip of Queer Person
The Piegans Move in
A Wolverine’s Medicine
Little Deer’s End
The Ways of the Northland
The Story of Ancient Sleeper
Diana’s Marriage
A Game of Fate
Trade, Hunt, and War Party
Nat-Ah’-Ki’s Ride
Curbing the Wanderers
Crees and Red Rivers
The Last Op the Buffalo
The ‘Winter of Death’
The ‘Black Robe’s’ Help
Later Years
عن المؤلف
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian. He operated a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and lived among the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82.