Crow Dog, Leonard
Leonard Crow Dog (1942â2021 ) Sicangu (BrĂ»lĂ©) Lakota medicine man, âroad manâ in the Native American Church, and coauthor with Richard Erdoes of Four Generations of Sioux Medicine Men (1995). Erdoes records Crow Dogâs narration of a âcross-fire ceremonyâ in the book Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions (1972), which he cowrote with John (Fire) Lame Deer. In this, he says of peyote that it opens âthree doors . . . makes me recognize myself, makes me understand the people, makes me understand the world.â Crow Dog was a significant spiritual leader at the American Indian Movementâs occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973, where he revived the Ghost Dance, saying that his great-grandfather had been the last ghost dancer to surrender in 1890.
SOURCE:
Historical Dictionary of Shamanism by Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis 2007