Known for Run, Indian, Run Nationality American Name Buddy Bow | Ethnicity Lakota Role Musical Artist Occupation musician, actor | |
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Full Name Warfield Richards Resting place Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Red Shirt) Movies Thunderheart, Young Guns II Children Richard Todd, Autumn Gruber Red Bow Similar People Geoff Murphy, Richard Thorpe, Michael Apted, John Ford, Henry Hathaway | ||
Cause of death cirrhosis of the liver | ||
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Warfield Richards Red Bow (June 26, 1948 – March 28, 1993) was a South Dakota Lakotan known for his music.
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- Buddy red bow pow wow woman lyrics
- Buddy red bow winds of life lyrics
- Life and career
- Death
- Discography
- Filmography
- References
Buddy red bow winds of life lyrics
Life and career
Richards was adopted into the Red Bow family at a young age. He grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Red Shirt, South Dakota and went to school in Rapid City, South Dakota. He dropped out of high school to become an actor and later served in the Vietnam War as a U.S. Marine in the 1960s.
Red Bow made several records in the 1980s and 1990s as a singer and musician. As an actor, he had minor roles in several Westerns, and a character in the 1989 film Powwow Highway, "Buddy Red Bow", was based on his life.
Death
Red Bow died on March 28, 1993 in the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, and was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Red Shirt). He was posthumously inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 1998.