This collection comprises the best short stories of plains Indians I’ve every read. In fact, these rank with the best short stories of Indians anywhere. Each one of them ends with a great surprise, a pure delight. And the characters are magnificently drawn – thinking, feeling, and actions all pure Indian as I know them. It is difficult for me to express my admiration and enthusiasm. -Frank Waters Wayne Ude grew up in Harlem, Montana, near the Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation. He is the author of three published books of fiction, including a book of short stories, Buffalo and Other Stories, a novel, Becoming Coyote, and an award winning children’s book, Maybe I Will Do Something: Seven Tales of Coyote. He is currently the Director of the Whidbey Writers Workshop, a low-residency MFA program on Whidbey Island, Washington.