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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: James Willard Schultz Collection
Creator:
Schultz, James Willard
Creator:
National Association to Help the Indians
Identifier/Call Number: MS.760
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(2 folders)
Date: 1921
Date: 1994
Abstract: This collection contains two copies of a pamphlet entitled "The Starving Blackfeet Indians" written by James Willard Schultz,
1921 November 3, and papers from the James Willard Schultz - Lone Wolf Museum, Inc. in Greer Arizona from 1994.
Language of Material:
English
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James Willard Schultz Collection, 1921, 1994, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.760; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
This collection contains two copies of a pamphlet entitled "The Starving Blackfeet Indians" written by James Willard Schultz,
1921 November 3, and papers from the James Willard Schultz - Lone Wolf Museum, Inc. in Greer, Arizona from 1994. The pamphlet
by Schultz was published in 1921 by the National Association to Help the Indian, 1311 Waterloo St., Los Angeles, CA. The papers
from 1994 include a letter from author Karen M. Applewhite, a photograph of Schultz, and papers from the Schultz museum in
Arizona.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December
5, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
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Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, 1961 June.
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 August 26 - 1947 June 11) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide,
fur trader and historian of the Blackfoot Indians. While operating a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and living amongst
the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82, he was given the name "Apikuni" by the Pikuni chief, Running Crane. Apikuni in
Blackfoot means Spotted Robe. Schultz is most noted for his prolific stories about Blackfoot life and his contributions to
the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park.
As a young adult, Schultz moved to Fort Conrad, Montana, on the Marias River. He stayed at Fort Conrad from 1877 to 1885,
and established a trading post there in 1880. During that time period he traded with the Pikuni and Bloods and established
another trading post at Carroll, Montana on the Missouri River where he also traded with the Crees.
In the mid-1880s, Schultz began to spend more time in the Two Medicine and Saint Mary Lakes region of what is now Glacier
National Park, guiding and outfitting local hunters. In 1885, he sent an article on the St. Mary Lakes to
Forest and Stream, one of his first literary efforts. At the time George Bird Grinnell was the magazine's editor and he became intrigued with
Schultz and the Glacier region. Grinnell solicited Schultz to outfit and guide him on a hunting trip in Glacier in September
1885.
Schultz started writing at the age of 21, publishing articles and stories in
Forest and Stream for 15 years. He did not write his first book until 1907, at age 48. The memoir,
My Life as an Indian, tells the story of his first year living with the Pikuni tribe of Blackfeet Indians East of Glacier. Some time after 1902,
while living in Southern California, Schultz worked for a while as the literary editor of the
Los Angeles Times. James Schultz suffered from ill health for most of his last 30 years. After moving to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming
to be close to the native Americans tribes he grew up with, he suffered a fatal heart attack and died on 1947 June 11. He
wanted to be buried in Montana and was laid to rest on the Blackfeet Reservation.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Willard_Schultz
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sihasapa Indians
Correspondence
Photographs
Starving Blackfeet Indians
Brochures
Indians, Treatment of
Indians of North America -- Government relations
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
James Willard Schultz Lone Wolf Museum