Sun Bear
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Sun Bear (born Vincent LaDuke, August 31, 1929 – 1992)[1] was a White Earth Nation actor and New Age author.[2][3] He was born on August 31, 1929, on the White Earth Indian Reservation to Louis and Judith LaDuke.[4] He was the biological father of activist, author, and former Green Party vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke.[3]
He was perhaps best known for his Medicine Wheel Gatherings, New Age weekend campout retreats with paid workshops and activities for spiritual seekers, which were denounced and picketed by the American Indian Movement.[5]
Bibliography
- At Home in the Wilderness (1968)
- The Path of Power (1983)
- Buffalo Hearts, A Native American's View of His Culture, Religion, and History (1986)
- Dancing the Wheel: The Medicine Wheel Workbook (1992)
- Walk in Balance: the Path to Healthy Harmonious Living (1992)
- Black Dawn, Bright Day: Indian Prophecies for the Millennium That Reveal the Fate of the Earth (1992)
- The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (1992)
- Dreaming the Wheel: How to Interpret and Work with Your Dreams Using the Medicine Wheel (1994)
References
- VIAF Authority File
- WorldCat Author listing; Bear, Sun (1994). Dreaming The Wheel (New ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. Sleeve.; "A Conversation With Native American Sun Bear". Mother Earth News. September–October 1998.
- "Friend of the Earth". People Magazine.
- Sun Bear, as told to Wabun; Weinstock, to Barry (1987). Sun Bear, the path of power (1st Prentice Hall Press ed.). New York: Prentice Hall Press. p. 40. ISBN 0136534031.
- Graham Harvey, ed. Shamanism: A Reader. New York and London: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0-415-25330-6. pp.328-330 - American Indian Movement protests Sun Bear's Medicine Wheel Gatherings.
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