What tale does Crow tell us?

Some thoughts on the ancestry of the Crow-Hidatsa people

Crow warrior by George Catlin

    I’m bothered by the Crow people, who they were and where they came from. I met a Crow fellow in Gallup, New Mexico. It was on my first trip heading west on Route 66. I ran out of money so stopped in a gas station and told the manager I’d clean his bathrooms for five bucks. He said sure and threw in a free meal at the res…