
The Sky Warrior
Charles A. Eastman’s story, “The Sky Warrior,” in his book Red Hunters and the Animal People brings together a pair of eagles [he never specifies the species of eagle) named Hooyah and Wambelee (whose name means eagle) and two Sioux eagle hunters, Matoska and Opagela. Opagela and the eagles have met before, which prompts Opagela to tell Matoska (whose name possibly means polar bear) of the encounter, so he will spare this particular pair of eagles, eagles who have a great nest at the top of