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Richard Erdoes

Richard Erdoes (1912 - 2008) was active/lived in New Mexico, South Dakota.  Richard Erdoes is known for Indian culture illustration, photography, writing.

Richard ERDOES (1912-2008)

Richard Erdoes influenced the lives of generations of Lakota people and other tribes by describing Native Amerian life and their spiritual culture and essentially preserving it for future generations.

The prominent illustrator, photographer and author of more than 30 books about the American west died at his home at the age of 96. More importantly, Erdoes was known for a long list of books about Native Americans including, Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions, American Indian Trickster Tales, Lakota Woman and more.

Lame Deer was a book about Sicangu Lakota John Fire and who died in the late 1970s and whose wake services were held in Winner. Lakota Woman was written about the life of Mary Brave Bird and the influences she experienced from Crow Dog.

Erdoes was born in 1912, and when he moved to the U. S. he was a contributor to Life magazine as an illustrator and was said to be outraged at the conditions on the re   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1840 characters.]  Artist bio

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