Buddy Red Bow

Warfield Richards Red Bow (June 26, 1948 - March 28, 1993) was a South Dakota Lakotan known for his music.

Biography
He was adopted into the Red Bow family at a young age. He grew up at Red Shirt, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and went to school in Rapid City. He dropped out of high school to be an actor and later served in Vietnam as a Marine in the 1960s.

He produced several singing records in the 1980s and 1990s. He had minor roles in several Westerns. A character in Powwow Highway (1989), Buddy Red Bow, was based on his life.

He died on March 28, 1993 in Rapid City.

He was inducted posthumously into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 1998.

Discography

 * BRB (1981)
 * Journey to the Spirit World (1983)
 * Black Hills Dreamer (1995)


 * Soundtrack to Hard Rider (1972)

Filmography

 * How the West Was Won (1962)
 * Young Guns II (1990) (credited as Chief Buddy Redbow)
 * Thunderheart (1992)