The Other America

Dan Charging Hawk

Dan, who died a few years back, a few hours after recording Lakota stories in my studio, had been at Wounded Knee, Oka, down in the Amazon fighting for Native rights, out in Hawaii, all over the US. I spent a few interesting hours with him in Akwasasni as he contested the Canadian US border, refusing to declare himself US or Canadian native. "Sitting Bull hunted all over North America... " he told them... "it is your border not mine!"
So, here, as a little July 4th tribute, is an American for whom July 4, 1776 was just a slight inconvenience. ... seen here during a stand off within a native nation on the subject of taxation. Also shown, my Genie, Tina Charging Hawk and their child Four Winds... and me.