I really enjoyed these reading and learning about Kut-o-yis.
To the Blackfoot people he is a robin hood figure who protects them from people
who do them harm. I want to continue on with my story from the first readings
about the Theft of the Sun.
In my story I want to play around with the idea of the sun
and the moon fighting. They could be fighting over who gets to rise first,
after all the moon is always in the darkness. Kut-o-yis will come into the
story as the man to mend the feud. For the narrative of the story I think it
might be interesting if I left him unnamed and referred to him as the man. With
a story concept about a broad topic like the sun and moon fighting I want to
leave the hero unnamed so everyone can identify with him.
Throughout all of the Blackfoot stories a main theme is not
having enough food or shelters. These are the basic needs every person needs to
survive. With the sun and moon being non-human beings they don’t need to worry
about that. However, if the sun does not rise the plants will not grow and the
animals cannot eat. If the moon does not rise the tides do not turn and the
world would become to hot. In the end of my story I want to have a lesson like
most of the Blackfoot stories do. My lesson will be that “you should think of
others before yourself.” The sun and the moon were only thinking about their
fight and not about the consequences it had on the people who depended on them.
This theme plays nicely into the idea of helping your neighbor and your fellow
man.
Picture: This is a picture of the Blackfoot Tribe. Source
Bibliography: The Blackfeet Indian Stories by George Bird Grinnell (1915).
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