Blackfoot Stories
The first story of this unit, Two Fast Runners was interesting because it reminded me of children. Little kids like to think they are the best at certain things and sometimes will challenge their friends to prove their boasting. Obviously the deer ran faster in the timber and the antelope ran fast in the prairie because those are the places they are most familiar with running in. This story reminds me of the quote that goes something like "You can't judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree" or something like that. Basically, you can't judge someone on their ability to do something in comparison to someone else especially if they are incapable or doing so or if they are not familiar with the environment.
The Smart Woman Chief
I am not sure if this story was meant to be funny but I found some humor in it. The beginning of the story talks about how men and women did not know each other. It also elaborates on this idea that men are better than women, but women are smarter. This story about the smart women chief explains this concept of women being smarter than men by telling how the woman chief rejects the man chief. When the women are preparing to go to the men to find a husband, the woman chief decides she wants to man chief dressed finely and decorated in red. She commands the other women to wait as she goes down to the men to pick the man chief as her husband. She had been making jerky all day so she was covered in blood and grease. Because she was not all dolled up, he ignored her. She goes back to her camp and tells all the women they are to go find their husbands while she stays back and cleans herself up. She returns to the camp to find a husband, and when the man chief notices her after she has cleaned herself up, she ignores him and picks someone else, leaving the man chief with no wife. Classic! Haha
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