"An extraordinary story of my people, done in a realistic, taditional manner."-Curly Bear Wagner
"Based on historical fact, well-researched and imaginatively insightful, Sun-Painted Man, by philip Schuster, offers a fictional drama set on the Blackfeet reservation during the first half of
the twentieth century that is as three-dimensional, empathic and moving as the case upon which it is based. It rings With intrigue and an Indian perspective. I enjoyed it. You will
too."-William E. Farr, Center for the Rocky Mountain West, University of Montana
Red-Boy, a Young Indian Veteran fighting the ghosts of the First World War, is falsely accued and convicted of rape on the Blackfeet reservation.He is sentenced to twenty years in Leavenwoth
prison, far from his people and the woman he loves. When an inmate gang of vicious thugs fries to destroy him, Red-Boy is forced to reach deep within himself to connect with his ancestors and
discover his Spirit Medicine. His only hope for freedom is a New England businessman---the adopted son of a Blackfeet Chief---Who works tirelessly to expose the graft and corruption that led to
his imprisonment. But will he be in time?
Sun-Painted Man, a historical novel, is based on actual diaries, Court papers and Photographs that originally belonged to the author's great-uncle, Chritian F. Schuster, who lived with the
Blackfeet, Spoke their language and know their Culture intemately. It is inspired by the true story of Red-Boy, also called Peter Stabs-By-Mistake, and by his great-uncle's crusade for justice.
