Keith Sun Bear, Branded Man, at Gerald Ice's home. [Tattooed back]

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Title: Keith Sun Bear, Branded Man, at Gerald Ice's home. [Tattooed back]
Creator: Luck, Owen Craig, 1947-
Contributor: Ice, Gerald.
Sun Bear, Keith.
Published / Created: 2003
Publication Place: Wounded Knee (S.D.)
Abstract: 5.6. Branded Man, Keith Sunbear is Oglala and Teton Lakota. Born 08/02/50 in Wounded Knee, Keith Sun Bear grew up on the Pine Ridge Resercation. After graduating from high school, he served as an M.P. in the US Army in Germany, 1970 through 1972. In 1973 Keith was under siege with AIM (American Indian Movement) at Wounded Knee. He also served eight years in prison for homicide. The ink on his body tells the story of how he perceives his place in the world. Plagued by bouts of drug and alcohol abuse, Keith struggles to remain connected to the spiritual ways of the Lakota. Through he has participated in the Hamblecha and the Inipi, he is not a Sun Dancer. He told me he did not know why he did not Sun Dance, other than he was not certain he was prepared spiritually.
Extent: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.4 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Photos 339
Collection Title: Photographs of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
Collection / Other Creator: Luck, Owen Craig, 1947-
Collection Date: 2000-2003
Container / Volume: Box 5

Format: still image
Genre: Photographic prints.
Portraits
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works.
Wounded Knee (S.D.)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name): Ice, Gerald.
Sun Bear, Keith.
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America--Pictorial works.
Indians of North America--Portraits.

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Citation: Owen Luck, Photographs of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.