James Willard Schultz led a fascinating life. He was born in New York in 1859 and found an early appreciation for the great outdoors, often going hiking, camping and hunting. Shultz earned a reputation as a fearless explorer and Glacier National Park guide, as well as a noted historian of the Blackfeet people, a nomadic Indigenous tribe who roamed the northern Great Plains. Schultz operated a fur trading post in Montana and wrote 37 books throughout his career, mostly about his life alongside Indigenous people. He was eventually given the name Apikuni (Spotted Robe in English) by a Blackfoot chief. […]
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