Leonard Crow Dog
Leonard Crow Dog (* 1942 in Rosebud Indian Reservation , South Dakota ) is a medicine man of the Lakota - Indians . His father Henry Crow Dog and grandfather Jerome Crow Dog were also medicine men . Leonard Crow Dog married Mary Brave Bird for the second time . Leonard Alden Crow Dog is his son.
Leonard Crow Dog is an activist and spiritual leader of the American Indian Movement and has therefore been imprisoned several times. As a connoisseur of medicinal plants and sun dance , he preserves the traditions of the Lakota.
literature
- Crow Dog: Four Generations of Sioux Medicine Men by Leonard Crow Dog, Harper Perennial, (English), 1996 ISBN 978-0-06092-6-823
Web links
- Leonard Crow Dog in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- James Robideau speaking with Leonard Crow Dog
Individual evidence
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 326; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
- ^ Mary Brave Bird, Author of Lakota Woman, Walks On, accessed February 14, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crow Dog, Leonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Indian medicine man |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosebud Indian Reservation , South Dakota |