Archie fire lame deer biography
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Archie Fire Lame Deer
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Sub-Series
Call Number: WA MSS S-2609, Series V
Scope and Contents
The Archie Fire Lame Deer subseries consists of 32 recordings of Archie Fire Lame Deer, son of Chief John Fire Lame Deer. The recordings document interviews that Erdoes conducted with Lame Deer, likely in preparation for Gift of Power: The Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man, the biography of Lame Deer that the pair co-authored in 1992. The eighteen dated recordings, which appear to have been made between 1971 and 1998, mainly appear to have been recorded in 1986 and 1988, during three distinct periods; the majority of recordings, however, are not dated.
In the recordings, Lame Deer discusses his personal life—his early education; his father, mother, and family; his employment history, including his service in the US Army and his work in Hollywood as a stuntmen; and his struggle with substance abuse—and shares spiritual, social, and poli
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archie fire lame deer (april 10, 1935 – january 16, 2001) was a lakota folkstam spiritual leader, a medicin man and a lecturer and activist of lakota spirituality.
archie fire lame deer was born in corn creek, south dakota, on the rosebud sioux reservation. his father was john fire lame deer, a well known lakota holy man. archie grew up with the guidance and teachings of his grandfather, henry quick bear. he attended school at the st. francis indian school, but was able to run away at age 14 after many tries. he enlisted in the army twice and was a veteran of the korean war, a member of the special forces and a p.o.w.
among other temporary careers archie was a ranch hand on numerous south dakota ranches, a rattlesnake exterminator, a hollywood stuntman, a rodeo rider and a foreman on a hollywood ranch. upon giving up alcohol addiction in 1971 he also became a drug and alcohol counsellor. through the los angeles indian center he ran a program for native american offende
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Archie Fire Lame Deer
Archie Fire Lame Deer or Tȟáȟča Hušté (1935–2001) was a US Army veteran, a Wicasa Wakan or Medicine man and a lecturer on Lakota people, traditions and religion. He grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, served in the US Army during the Korean war, and was a Hollywood stuntman and translator. With Richard Erdoes he wrote Gift of Power: the life and teachings of a Lakota medicine man.[1] He is the son of Lakota medicine man John Fire Lame Deer and the subject of the classic book, "Lame Deer Seeker of Visions” with Richard Erdoes.
Person
[edit]Archie Fire Lame Deer (April 10, 1935 – January 16, 2001) was a Lakota Sioux spiritual leader, a medicine man and a lecturer and activist of Lakota spirituality.
He was born Archie Percy Let Them Have Enough in Corn Creek, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. His father was John Fire Lame Deer (a.k.a. John Let Them Have Enough), a well known Lakota holy man by his third wife, Jo