The Sun Came Down by Percy Bullchild

The Sun Came Down by Percy Bullchild

At the age of sixty-seven, Percy Bullchild (1915–1986), a Blackfeet Indian from Browning, Montana, with little formal education in English, set out to put the oral traditions and history of his people into a permanent written record. He regarded this undertaking—to “write the Indian version of our own true ways in our history and legends,” as he puts it—as both a corrective and an instructive tool. Bullchild culled this remarkable collection of historical legends from his memory of the oral history as it was passed down to him by his elders and by seeking out the oral traditions of other tribes. These stories, like all legends, Bullchild reminds us, “may sound a little foolish, but they are very true. And they have much influence over all of the people of this world, even now as we all live.” Woody Kipp provides a preface for this Bison Books edition.

“Provides both pleasure and a deeper understanding of a powerful Northern Plains culture”—Western American Literature|“Read this book aloud, and hear the words of a 70-year-old Blackfeet elder tell of a legendary past when the Humans and the Animals were one. . . . This book is essential for all tribal libraries and for students of mythology, literature, and anthropology.”—Library Journal|“The richest collection of Blackfeet legends to be found in print.”—American Indian Culture and Research Journal

Percy Bullchild was a well-known musician, artist, and storyteller. Woody Kipp is an English instructor at Blackfeet Community College and the author of Viet Cong at Wounded Knee: The Trail of a Blackfeet Activist (Nebraska 2004).

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ISBN 13	9780803262508
ISBN 10	0803262507
Title	The Sun Came Down
Author	Percy Bullchild
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Year published	2005-10-30
Number of pages	392
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.