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Lame Deer, approximately 1903-1976


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    • Fire, John, approximately 1903-1976
    • Hušté,Tháhča, approximately 1903-1976
    • Lame Deer, ca. 1903-1976
    • Lame Deer, John, approximately 1903-1976
    • Lame Deer, John Fire, approximately 1903-1976
    • Old Man, approximately 1903-1976
    • Tacha Ushte, approximately 1903-1976
    • Tahca Ushte, approximately 1903-1976
    • Tháhča Hušté, approximately 1903-1976
    • Ushte, Tacha, approximately 1903-1976
    • Ushte, Tahca, approximately 1903-1976
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    • Birth Date

        1903~
    • Death Date

        1976
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    • Lame Deer, ca. 1903-1976
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    • found: Lame Deer, seeker of visions, c1972:t.p. (John Fire/Lame Deer) p. 16 (He told me ... I was a man now. I was Lame Deer) p. 21-22 (father: Wawi-Yohi-Ya; John Fire on some white man's documents, but my Indian name is Lame Deer, after my great-grandfather, and that's as it should be) p. 23 (mother: Sally Red Blanket) p. 37 (mother died of tuberculosis in 1920 when I was 17 years old) p. 218 (I am still first of all a Sioux, a Minneconjou Sioux)
    • found: American Indian biographies, 2005:p. 267 (Lame Deer; b. c. 1895, near Pine Ridge, S.D.; d. Dec. 14, 1976, Denver, Colo.; also known as: Tahca Ushte; John Fire; tribal affiliation: Miniconjou Lakota (Sioux))
    • found: Distinguished Native American spiritual practitioners and healers, 2002:p. 127 (John (Fire) Lame Deer; full name at birth: Lame Deer; d. 1976 on the Rosebud Lakota Reservation, S.D.; b. at the beginning of the 20th century on the Rosebud Reservation, S.D.; Lame Deer was the father of Archie Fire Lame Deer)
    • found: Notable Native Americans, 1995:p. 242 (Lame Deer; 1903-1976; Minniconjou herbal healer; tribal leader; and activist; also known as: Tacha Ushte)
    • found: Who's who among the Sioux, 1988:p. 76 (John Fire; Brule Sioux, b. about 1902; medicine man, a vision seeker, a jail prisoner, a singer, a sheepherder, and tribal policeman; d. 1975, Winner, S.D.)
    • found: Native American Authors Project online, Sept. 2, 2009(John (Fire) Lame Deer , 1903-1976)
    • found: Chicago tribune online for Dec. 17, 1976(Chief Lame Deer of Sioux dies; Sioux medicine man regarded as a spiritual leader among American Indians; Lame Deer, 81, died Tues.)
    • found: Wikipedia, Sept. 2, 2009(Lame Deer; 1900 or 1903-1976, sources differ; in Lakota: Tháhča Hušté; also known as John Fire, John (Fire) Lame Deer and later The Old Man; Lakota holy man. He belonged to the Heyoka society. Lame Deer was a Mineconju-Lakota Sioux born on the Rosebud Indian Reservation)
    • found: SSDI, Sept. 2, 2009(John Fire; b. Mar. 17, 1903; d. Dec. 1976; last residence: Winner, S.D.)
    • found: OCLC database, Sept. 2, 2009(hdg.: Fire, John; Lame Deer; Lame Deer, John Fire; Lame Deer, John; Lame Deer, John F.; Lame Deer, John Fire, 1900-; Lame Deer, John Fire, 1903-1977; Lame Deer, John Fire, d. 1977; Ushte, Tahca, 1903-1977; Ushte, Tachca; Tahca Ushte; Fire, John, 1903-1976; Fire, John, 1903-1977; Fire, John Lame Deer; usage: Lame Deer; John Fire; Tahca Ushte; John (Fire) Lame Deer; John Fire Lame Deer)
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    • 2009-09-03: new
    • 2022-11-01: revised
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