The Smart Woman Chief - I was really interested in this story for its plot. Men and women are separated, and it explains how they came together. In the end, the woman refuses to accept one man's poor treatment and turns him into a pine tree. If I were to re-write this story, I would definitely use some of the personality traits of that woman and focus more on her refusal of poor treatment (because it was only a small part in the original). I thought her actions were really clever, especially when she told the other women not to choose Old Man because she wanted him but she actually didn't, leaving him alone (like he deserved for his actions). I could also see telling a story from the man/pine tree's perspective, where they story leaves us at the end. Maybe he uses the lesson he learned to teach others to not be so arrogant.
Bibliography: Blackfoot unit. Story source: Blackfeet Indian Stories by George Bird Grinnell (1915).
Image information: Pine tree from Wikimedia Commons. This is what the woman turned Old Man into.
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