Om Kas Toe By Kenneth Phosma

Om-kas-toe was written by Kenneth Thomasma. It is about a mother that had twins, one boy and one girl. This was set in the early 1600s. The tribe had to leave the girl to die, but the parents refused to let the baby girl die. The twin’s names are Om-Kas –Toe, and Twin girl. This Blackfoot tribe survived by hunting and working the land.

The tribe believed that a women having twins was bad luck. Tall Woman and the dad had to prove that they handle the work and nurse to babies to keep both children.
The mom proved it by doing her chores and caring for her babies. The kids were named Twin Boy and Twin Girl. Twin grew up to help his dad, Otterman, to hunt and gather.

One day Twin Boy found a raven and brought the bird his mother and sisters and they kept it and they tamed it. Twin Boy named the Wise bird because it understands what the boy says.
One year passed, and the tribe moved north because winter had passed. During the move the dogs carried the peoples stuff on travois.
The dog saw a herd of deer and took off with a baby on the travois and a half a mile down

(They give eagle feathers to brave warriors). He finds Elk Dog droppings and then gets surrounded by enemy warriors. He does a special trick with his raven and scares the enemy. Om escapes the enemy and covers his tracks; he crossed a few creek beds and can’t find his village. Earlier Om ran into an enemy path. Later Om found his village and told the tribe where the enemy is. Om and some warriors went after the enemy. And found out that the enemy camp had twenty-one Elk dogs, they planned to attack and take the Elk dogs. Om never heard a sign to attack and decided to take the black Elk dog home to the camp. Om got lost, and ran into Mammoth Hot Springs. And he found Wise Bird, and wise bird led him to the village. Om could not sleep because if he sleeps in the cold he could fall asleep