Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson
Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson (born November 9, 1927 in Lewiston , USA , † December 10, 1985 ) was an activist of the Tuscarora , a tax refuser and in the 1950s a spokesman for the independence of the indigenous people of America.
He was given the name "Mad Bear" ( Mad Bear ) as a child by his grandmother because of his temperament. As a young man, he served in the US Navy during World War II in Okinawa and later in Korea during the Korean War .
Anderson became an Indian rights activist when he was denied a GI Bill loan to build a house on the Tuscarora reservation. He was a medicine man, spiritual orator, and inter-tribal communicator.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce Elliot Johansen, Barbara Alice Mann: Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 978-0-313-30880-2 , pp. 24-25.
- ^ Tim Ballingham: The Importance of Cultural Diversity in Challenging Times. In: Good Road Walking. Retrieved March 14, 2016 .
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| SURNAME | Mad Bear |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Wallace (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American activist from the Tuscarora tribe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lewiston |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1985 |