Sun Bear . . . Native American Medicine Man & Shaman. . .

Sun Bear
(August 31, 1929, White Earth Reservation, Bimidji, Minnesota-June 19, 1992). Native American Medicine Man and Shaman. Born Vincent LaDuke. Known as Gheezis Mokwa. Ojibwa. Father of Winona LaDuke, Green Party candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1996. Experienced visions as a youth. Court-martialed a spent six months in prison for evading military service after basic training. Actor. Sought to teach indigenous wisdom to non-Native Americans. Founder and Medicine Chief of the Bear Tribe Medicine Society, 1970. Author of Buffalo Hearts (1970), The Path to Power (1987), Black Dawn/Bright Day (1992), The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (1992), The Bear Tribe's Self-Reliance Book, At Home in the Wilderness, Walk in Balance (1992), Dancing with the Wheel, Dreaming with the Wheel (1994)
- Talking with my friend Richard about
Keith Jarrett
Sun Bear Concerts
recorded in Japan. . .
Richard sent this photo
 & footnote about Sun Bear
Native American Medicine Man and Shaman
Thought it'd be fun to share it with you all. . .
:)