Career
He served Paratrooper and Pathfinder during the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He was an award-winning rodeo rider for many years. He traveled to Washington, District of Columbia to meet with President Gerald Ford to gain approval for the American Indian Religious Freedom Acting in 1978.
In 1980, he attended a storytelling conference at University of North Dakota.
He sued over religious practices at Bear Butte. In January, 2000, he was one of the Traditional Elders, who occupied the Tribal Council Building on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
A transitional house in Minnesota is named for him.
