Fools Crow Characters

The chief of the Many Chiefs band of Pikunis. The blue-coat seizers hold Mountain Chief responsible for Owl Child’s killing of Malcolm Clark, and they search for him throughout much of the novel. Mountain Chief evades the seizers, running north of the Canadian border.

Rides-at-the-door’s second wife and Double Strike Woman’s sister. Striped Face discovers Kills-close-to-the-lake and Running Fisher’s affair and tells her husband about their dishonor.

Yellow Kidney and Heavy Shield Woman’s son and brother to Red Paint and One Spot. Good Young Man dies from the white-scabs disease.

A famous Pikuni warrior whose life Mik-api saves with the medicine of the frog people, prompting Mik-api to become a many-faces man. Fast Horse wears an old war shirt belonging to Head Carrier to give him power during the horse raid on the Crows.

The daughter of Crow Foot and the girl Fools Crow’s mother would have him marry instead of Red Paint. Little Bird Woman ultimately marries the son of a great chief, and Fools Crow sees her in the yellow hide belonging to Feather Woman, clinging to a bucket of intestines.

Double Strike Woman’s cousin and Little Bird Woman’s father. Crow Foot is the powerful chief of an outlying Pikuni band.

The former chief of the Black Patched Moccasin band. Little Dog is killed by his own people after he betrays them by placing the Napikwans before the needs of his tribe.

A member of the Black Patched Moccasins. Mad Plume tells Fools Crow about the murder of Little Dog, the former chief of the Black Patched Moccasins, at the hands of his own people.

A Pikuni Indian from an outlying band who visits the Lone Eaters’ camp with Sturgis, a white man and doctor, to tell them about the magic “juice” that keeps them from getting the white-scabs disease.

The Lone Eaters’ camp gossip and wife of Skunk Cap. White Grass Woman tells Fools Crow’s mother, Heavy Shield Woman, that her son has gone off to look for Fast Horse on behalf of Boss Ribs.

The husband of White Grass Woman, the Lone Eaters’ camp gossip.

A Pikuni war chief who is killed during the raid on the Crows to avenge Yellow Kidney’s abduction and torture.

Fools Crow and Red Paint’s infant son.

A white trader and owner of the trading houses frequented by the Lone Eaters. Riplinger gifts Rides-at-the-door a many-shots gun, which he in turn gives to Fools Crow when he marries Red Paint.

An enemy warrior of the Pikuni, killed three years earlier by Fox Eyes during a battle.

Kills-close-to-the-lake’s father and member of the Never Laughs People.

Malcolm Clark’s wife.

One of the Napikwans who, along with Captain Snelling, accompanies Joe Kipp to the Lone Eaters’ camp in search of Mountain Chief and Owl Child in connection to the murder of Malcolm Clark.

One of the Napikwans who, along with John Gates, accompanies Joe Kipp to the Lone Eaters’ camp in search of Mountain Chief and Owl Child in connection to the murder of Malcolm Clark.