Beverly Hungry Wolf facts for kids
Beverly Hungry Wolf (whose traditional Blackfoot name is Sikski-Aki, or Black-faced Woman) was born in 1950. She is a Canadian writer and a proud member of the Blackfoot Confederacy, a group of First Nations people.
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Life Story
Beverly was born Beverly Little Bear in 1950. Her birthplace was near Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148. She went to a residential school on the reserve. These schools often tried to make Indigenous children forget their traditions.
However, as an adult, Beverly became very interested in her people's history. She started to learn and write down their traditions. This happened after she married a German man named Adolph Gutöhrlein. He was very interested in First Nations culture. He even changed his last name to Hungry Wolf.
Beverly and her husband have written many books together. These books share her personal experiences and the stories of her people. She talked to her female relatives and older tribal members. She learned about women's roles, traditional crafts, raising children, and old myths and legends. She put these stories into her famous book, Ways of my Grandmothers. Her grandmother, Anada-Aki, her aunt, Mary One Spot, and an elder named Paula Weasel Head were some of the people she interviewed.
Today, Beverly and her husband live in British Columbia. They have five children.
Her Books
The Ways of My Grandmothers
The Ways of my Grandmothers (published in 1980) tells the stories of Blackfoot women. It shows what life was like for them long ago in Alberta, Canada. This book shares tribal history, legends, and myths. These stories were passed down through many generations of women. Beverly Hungry Wolf also includes her own stories. She uses storytelling and rare photographs to show the lives of Blackfoot women, both in the past and in modern times.
Daughters of the Buffalo Women
Daughters of the Buffalo Women: Maintaining the Tribal Faith (published in 1996) is a collection of stories. Beverly's mother and other Blackfoot elders told these stories. They are about the time when people hunted buffalo. The book's stories take place in Montana and Canada in the early 1900s.
Other Books
Beverly Hungry Wolf has also written three non-fiction books with her husband, Adolph Gutöhrlein. These include Blackfoot Craftworker's Book (1983), Shadows of the Buffalo: A family Odyssey Among the Indians (1983), and Children of the Sun: Stories By and About Indian Kids (1987).
