Title: Red Hat : Cheyenne Blue Sky Maker and Keeper of the Sacred Arrows /
Authors: Schukies, Renate; Red Hat, Bill; Red Hat, Edward, -1982
Publisher: Lit,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Red Hat, Edward.; Red Hat, Bill; Red Hat, Edward,; Red Hat, Bill.; Red Hat, Edward,; Religion; Medicine, Traditional; Indians, North American; Cheyenne Indians Biography.; Cheyenne Indians Medicine.; Cheyenne Indians Religion.
Contents: I. Introduction -- II. Acknowledgements -- III. Narration Bill Red Hat. The Arrow Keeper He Is My Grandfather. My Grandfather Was the Blue Sky Keeper. Motseyoef Gave the Sacred Arrows to Us. The Arrow Keeper Is Committed to the Law of the Tipi. The Arrow Keeper Can Heal. Arrow Ceremony Comes First. The Arrow Keeper Always Prayed for the Truth -- IV. Narration Arrow Keeper Edward Red Hat. I Am a Red Hat (Fat Man). When I Was Born There Were Not Very Many White People Around. A Commissioner Came from Washington to Talk to the Chiefs. Sam Chapman and I Have Been Best Friends. What I Want to Tell You It's Kind of the Way It Used to Be. I Had Race Horses and I Was Farming. White Man Ploughed All the Ground Made Big Wheatfields. I Also Went to California to Look for Work. Back Then We Still Used to Live in a Box Tent. These People Were Real Bad Around Here -- Prejudice. Government Made a Mistake by Putting Us Together. When I Got the Arrows I Went to Nowah'wus. I Don't Want Them to Get Away with Sand Creek. When They Had that Longest Walk They Wrote to Me. All Started Here in Oklahoma When We Had the Feather Issue. Now There Is a Law to Protect Our Indian Religion: American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978). That's Where They First Went to Bear Butte. Whenever Somebody Makes a Home for His Family It's Sacred. We Should Listen to the Old Ones -- V. Narration Bill Red Hat. Our Dog Bear Was Howling Real Loud -- VI. Notes -- VII. References.