RIP Leonard Crow Dog

Lakota Spiritual Leader Leonard Crow Dog Walked On at 78

 

Native News Online

June 6, 2021

RAPID CITY, S.D.— Chief Leonard Crow Dog (Sicangu Lakota), a highly respected medicine man who served as a spiritual leader during the American Indian Movement’s 71-day siege of Wounded Knee on the Pineridge Indian Reservation in 1973, began his journey to the spirit world shortly after midnight Sunday at his home at Crow Dog's Paradise on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. He was 78.

“It has sadly come to our attention that, at approximately 12:40 am, Chief Leonard Crow Dog has made his journey to the Spirit World. This is a huge loss to the Indigenous community of Turtle Island and to the American Indian Movement.” Philip Yenyo, executive director, American Indian Movement of Ohio posted on his Facebook page.

CROW DOG, Leonard (Leonard Emmanual Crow Dog)

Born: 1942, Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.A.

Died: 6/5/2021, Crow Dog's Paradise, Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.A.

 

Leonard Crow Dog’s western – himself:

Leonard Crow Dog – 1979 [himself]