Description
As the principal figure in the Crow-Shoshone Sun Dance religion, Yellowtail has preserved traditional values in the face of the constantly encroaching, diametrically opposed values of materialistic modern society. Through his life story and description of the Sun Dance religion we can reexamine the premises and orientation of both cultures. It is Yellowtail’s own story of his life; most of the narration deals with his religious perceptions, his philosophy of life, and the performance and meaning of the Sun Dance.
