Buddy Red Bow Explained

Buddy Red Bow
Birth Name:Warfield Richards
Birth Place:Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Death Place:Rapid City, South Dakota, US
Resting Place:Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Red Shirt)
Nationality:Lakota Sioux
Spouse:Cheryl Lynne Oyler (m. 1966)[1]
Occupation:musician, actor
Known For:Run, Indian, Run[2]

Warfield Richards Red Bow (June 26, 1948 – March 28, 1993) was a South Dakota Lakotan known for his music.

Life and career

Richards was adopted into the Red Bow family at a young age. He grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Red Shirt, South Dakota, and went to school in Rapid City, South Dakota. He dropped out of high school to become an actor and later served in the Vietnam War as a U.S. Marine in the 1960s.[3]

Red Bow made several records in the 1980s and 1990s as a singer and musician.[4] As an actor, he had minor roles in several Westerns, and a character in the 1989 film Powwow Highway, "Buddy Red Bow", was based on his life.[5]

Death

Red Bow died on March 28, 1993, in the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City of Cirrhosis of the Liver,[6] and was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Red Shirt). He was posthumously inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 1998.[7]

Discography

Filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ewen, Alexander. Jeffrey Wollock. Red Bow, Buddy.. Encyclopedia of the American Indian in the Twentieth Century. New York. Facts On File, Inc.. 2010. 9780816035137. http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=ENAIT416&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+Indian+History+Online&InputText=%22bow%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=Red+Bow%2C+Buddy&TabRecordType=All+Records&BioCountPass=131&SubCountPass=512&DocCountPass=59&ImgCountPass=13&MapCountPass=4&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=17&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=20&AmericanData=&WomenData=&AFHCData=&IndianData=Set&WorldData=&AncientData=&GovernmentData= .
  2. News: Buddy Red Bow. 26 March 2014. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Apr 2, 1993. 4B. Obituaries.
  3. Book: Wright-McLeod, Brian. The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet. https://books.google.com/books?id=1fbJeDztFG8C&pg=PA160. 2005. University of Arizona Press. 978-0-8165-2448-8. 160. Red Bow, Buddy.
  4. News: Moon, Ruth. Buddy Red Bow honored at event. 26 March 2014. Rapid City Journal. March 26, 2012.
  5. Web site: Chadbourne. Eugene. Artist Biography. Allmusic. 26 March 2014.
  6. News: Buddy Red Bow. 26 March 2014. Orlando Sentinel. April 1, 1993.
  7. News: Koster. Rick. Native American music takes center stage. 26 March 2014. The Day. May 25, 1998. A4.
  8. News: McNally. Joel. Blue Ribbon For Red Bow. 26 March 2014. The Milwaukee Journal. April 18, 1981.
  9. News: Espinosa. Juan. Friend of Pueblo to be buried. 26 March 2014. The Pueblo Chieftain. April 3, 1993.

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