"The culture, arts, crafts and religion of the Plains Indians. Profusely illustrated."--Dust jacket.

Describes the religious organizations and the ceremonies that characterized each of the thirty-five Indian nations.

Fools Crow is based on interviews conducted in the 1970s. The holy man tells Thomas E. Mails about his eventful life, from early reservation days when the Sioux were learning to farm, to later times when alcoholism, the cash economy, and World War II were fast eroding the old customs. He describes this vision quests and his becoming a medicine man.