Among his many accolades, Red Crow has received a
Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition, the Award
for Generosity by the Americans for Indian Opportunity, was
named Cultural Ambassador by the International Indian Treaty
Council, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the City
of Los Angeles and Mayor Richard Riordan, the Integrity Award
from the Multi-Cultural Motion Picture Association and was
named Indian Celebrity of the Year in 2000 by the American
Indian Exposition. He was also featured in an international
advertising campaign by Dutch software company, OTIB,
alongside such dignitaries as former Soviet Union president
Mikhail Gorbachev and Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel.
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CLASSIC INDIAN SCULPTURES
  
Red Crow majored in both art, and speech & theatre at Northern State University in South Dakota where he graduated before embarking on a successful music and acting career. Aside from his memorable role as Ten Bears in the Academy Award TM winning film, "Dances with Wolves," he has appeared in over 50 movies and television shows including such hits as "The Doors," "Hidalgo,' "The X-Files," "Walker, Texas Ranger" and many others.
Mr. Red Crow's musical resume includes two full-length albums, one of which features the title song, "Custer Died for your Sins," based on the popular book by renowned Indian scholar/historian/activist, Vine Deloria, Jr. Red Crow has performed all over the world while successfully incorporating his music into his own longtime career of activism. His advocacy work includes the American Indian Movement, the 1977 Tour Against Nuclear Arms with Harry Belafonte, touring with Sting to publicize the decimation of rain forests and their residents, testifying at the World Uranium Hearing in Salzburg in 1992 and serving as founder and executive director of the Eyapaha Institute, a non-profit corporation devoted to address racism, discrimination, depredation and genocide of indigenous peoples throughout the world.
Among his many accolades, Red Crow has received the Award for Generosity by the Americans for Indian Opportunity, a Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition, was named Cultural Ambassador by the International Indian Treaty Council and named Indian Celebrity of the Year in 2000 by the American Indian Exposition.
In addition to this new series of clay busts, Red Crow is also currently working on a new CD of cover songs by Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.
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