J.W. Schultz, also known by his Blackfoot name Apikuni, was
a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian
of the Blackfeet Indians.
The first book he wrote I am reading now, in 2012:
"My Life as an Indian."
This is a really easy book to read, and you feel as though you were there. It
is full of fascinating stories of the Blackfeet, Arickaree and Crow Indians. I
am halfway through the book.
He wrote his first book at age 48. It was first published in
parts in Field and Stream magazine.
He wrote 32 books altogether.
He married a Piegan Blackfoot named Natahki, and is
buried in his Indian wives’ family cemetery in Browning Montana. They had
a son.
One of the features named by him is Going to the Sun Mountain in Glacier National Park.
Features named for
him are: Apikuni Creek, Apikuni Flat, Apikuni Falls, and Apikuni Mountain.
He was born in the Adirondacks, in Booneville New York, to a
wealthy family in 1859. The house still stands and has a historical plaque on
it.
James Willard Shultz died in 1947 at age 88.
You can purchase the first book at Amazon. Or I will lend it
to you.
I am saving my favorite books for Abel in my casita. Inside each book I write when I
read it and -- if it was a gift -- who it was from. This one easily makes the
list.
Bob "Medicine Weasel" Bachan
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