Fools Crow - Characters

Characters

• Pikunis – A clan of the Blackfeet tribe.
• Napikwans – Term used to refer to White people.
• White Man's Dog/Fools Crow – Main Protagonist. Will eventually lead his tribe.
• Rides-at-the-Door – Fools Crow's Father. Becomes chief after Three Bears dies.
• Double Strike Woman – Fools Crow's Mother and Rides-at-the-Door's wife.
• Striped Face – Second wife of Rides-at-the-Door.
• Kills Close to the Lake- Third wife of Rides-at-the-Door. She is only 17 years old. She is raped by and then voluntary continues and an affair with Running Fisher.
• Running Fisher – Fools Crow's brother.
• Fast Horse – Fools Crow's friend. Son of Boss Ribs. Turns away from tradition, but eventually atones by returning Yellow Kidney's body.
• Yellow Kidney – Leader of the horse raid. Father of Red Paint and father-in-law of Fools Crow. Rapes a dying young woman in a Crow camp. Captured by the Crow tribes and eventually killed by the Napikwans.
• Heavy Shield Woman – Wife of Yellow Kidney.
• Red Paint – Daughter of Yellow Kidney. Marries Fools Crow.
• Mik-Api – Medicine man of the Blackfoot. Teaches Fools Crow the traditional songs and medicines.
• Owl Child – A Pikuni rebel who plans on waging war on Napikwans. Makes situations worse for the Pikunis because his actions enrage the Napikwans.
• Mountain Chief – 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, who is a fictional character.)
• Heavy Runner – Pikuni leader who, in contrast to Mountain Chief, was more co operational with government will. (The tribe under Heavy Runner would ultimately take the fall in the Massacre on the Marias.)