A video biography of Crow Sun Dance Chief Thomas Yellowtail

Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief Thomas Yellowtail (1903-1993) was a pivotal figure in Crow tribal life and one of the most admired American Indian spiritual leaders of the last century. This is a video biography of Yellowtail.
This clip is taken in its entirety from a special feature included in the 2-DVD set “Native Spirit and The Sun Dance Way” (World Wisdom Inc.; ISBN: 1-933316-32-2) and is shown here on RUclips with the full permission of the publisher. This clip is from Disc Two, “The Sun Dance Way.” There is another clip from this DVD set on this playlist. It is from Disc One, “Native Spirit,” and is titled “So My People May Live.” It is at this URL: • So My People May Live ... .
More details on the 2-DVD set can be found at: www.worldwisdom.... Also on the World Wisdom website, there is an author page for Thomas Yellowtail that gives more biographical details about him as well as photos, articles and more that may be useful: www.worldwisdom....
The voice of the late Canadian actor and First People's advocate Gordon Tootoosis is heard in the video reading the words of Chief Thomas Yellowtail. There are other videos in this channel with Thomas Yellowtail himself talking about American Indian religion and lifeways.
For those interested in learning more about Yellowtail, parts of his autobiography, “Yellowtail, Crow Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief: An Autobiography,” (University of Oklahoma Press; New edition 1994) can be read on Google Books: books.google.c....