Lame Deer, Seeker Of Visions | John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes

Storyteller, rebel, and medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Lame Deer’s story is one of a harsh youth and reckless manhood, a shotgun marriage and divorce, a history and folklore as rich today as when first published.
 

About the Authors

John Lame Deer, also known as Lame Deer, John Fire and John (Fire) Lame Deer, was a Lakota holy man, member of the Heyoka society.

Richard Erdoes is the author of more than twenty books, including Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions, and American Indian Myths and Legends. An Austrian-born historian, ethnographer, and artist, he has contributed to many publications, including the New York Times, Time, Life, Fortune, Smithsonian, and the Saturday Evening Post. He lives in New Mexico.