He's briefly mentioned here and in a thread on Indianz as someone disputing the McCullough unauthorized Sundance in Indiana.
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1245.0His myspace is here, but he looks awfully young to be a chief.
http://www.myspace.com/43356179He filed a case against the city of Indianapolis for discrimination. It mentions his old name, John W Crazyhorse..
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http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/unreported/crowdog.html(Cite as: 2005 WL 643363 (S.D.Ind.))
United States District Court,
S.D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division.
Chief John CROW DOG, Plaintiff,
v.
THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, Mona Salem, Maureen Stapleton, Vaneeta Kumar,
Defendants.
No. 1:03-CV-0849-SEB-VSS.
March 18, 2005.
D. Robert Webster, Bamberger & Feibleman, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff.
Robin M. Lybolt and Allison Wells Gritton, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants.
ENTRY GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT and DENYING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION TO STRIKE
BARKER, J.
*1 This matter comes before us on Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's employment discrimination claims brought pursuant to Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, 42. U.S.C. § 2000 et seq. The plaintiff, Chief John Crow Dog ("Chief Crow Dog"), alleges that his employer, the City of Indianapolis ("the City"), pays him less and has disciplined him unfairly on the impermissible basis of his national origin and religion. The Complaint also alleges the City discriminated against him when it cited him for zoning violations in 1994 and denied him improved working conditions. Plaintiff also asks us to strike a portion of the defendant's evidence in support of the summary judgment motion. For the reasons that follow, we GRANT Defendant's motion as to all claims and DENY Plaintiff's Motion to Strike.
I. Factual Background
The following facts are either uncontested or stated in a light most favorable to the plaintiff. All are supported by admissible evidence in the record.
Chief Crow Dog--formerly John W. Crazyhorse [FN1]--is a Native American by national origin as well as religion. He holds the positions of "Indian priest," "traditional Tribal Chief," "Yuwipi Medicine Man," and is a delegate to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations. Compl. ¶ 14. The Chief is a long time employee in the economic housing division of the Department of Metropolitan Development ("DMD"), where he was hired in April 1991 as a rehabilitation specialist....
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A university's collection on AIM has material on him.
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http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmu1mss659bc.xmlCarol Sullivan's Wounded Knee papers contain typed and handwritten essays/personal narratives, interviews, press releases, correspondence, news-clippings, publications, ephemera, and audio recordings pertaining to her research on, and association with the American Indian Movement, the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, and Native American nationalist movements. Russell Means, Leonard Crow Dog,
John Crow Dog, and Leonard Peltier are among the prominent American Indian Movement figures represented in this collection.
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The DLN Coalition site discusses his statement at the opening of their organization.
http://www.dlncoalition.org/dln_coalition/dln_coalition.htmFollowing is a shortened, representational transcript of the meeting seminal to the formation of the Dakota-Lakota-Nakota Human Rights Advocacy Coalition. Addressed in it are a number of the issues which are central concerns of the DLN: ethnic cleansing, the violations of treaties, the conflict between the U.S. imposed government structure and traditional ways.
First DLN Meeting
August 3, 1999
Crow Dog's Paradise
Rosebud, S.D.
7:00 P.M.
A meeting was convened for the purpose of discussing treaty rights as well as human rights of all nations.
Chosen to chair the meeting was Alfred Bone Shirt, a community member from Rosebud who thanked Chief Leonard Crow Dog for allowing this meeting to be held here at the Sacred Sun Dance Grounds at Crow Dog's Paradise....
JOHN CROW DOG -- Talked about First Amendment rights and why they don't stand for all of us. We are all free according to the constitution but it does not pertain to our people. We need to forget that we are from separate tribes. We are one nation of this land and with united effort we can fight and win. Prayers are the same in heart. All men pray to the real spirit and we all feel the same thing in our heart. Prayer should be in everything. We need to stand together and say this is enough. There are lots of questions and no ready answers. We need to make it happen. We need to listen to the elders and stand together....
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This site has contact information on him as part of the NAC @ halfway down.
http://www.edison.cc.oh.us/Religion/Links.htmHe's also listed as an artist in an MLK Day presentation.
http://www.in.gov/icrc/files/2005finalprogram.pdf
