James Willard Schultz

Born in 1859 in New York, James Willard Schultz became closely associated with Montana and the Blackfeet Nation. He lived in the region in the late 19th century, worked as a fur trader and guide, and was also known by the name Apikuni.

Schultz went on to build a long writing career, producing books and articles about the northern Plains, Glacier country, and Blackfeet history and tradition. His work blended adventure storytelling with personal experience, which made his books popular with readers interested in the West.

He died in 1947, but his writing remains part of the record of frontier life and of the world he knew among the Blackfeet. Today he is remembered as a colorful chronicler of Montana, Glacier National Park, and the changing West.