Fools Crow

Fools Crow

by

James Welch

Another Pikuni term for the sun. When the Lone Eaters attack the Crows’ camp to avenge Yellow Kidney, the warriors witness a solar eclipse, in which “Day Star hides his face.” The Pikuni people believe that when Day Star hides his face a great warrior must die, and, indeed, Fox Eyes is killed by Bull Shield during a raid after the eclipse.
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