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Epiphany:
   
"Buck Ghosthorse" Lakota Impersonator archives http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=44.0

He changed his name in 1992 from Leonard Albert Mattern

http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/39922B35D01BE1D482EA097146E1D0DD

Record Series:    Auditor Misc Records
Collection:    Snohomish County Auditor, Miscellaneous Recordings
County:    Snohomish

Auditor File Number:    9210050173-0
Document Type:    NAME CHANGE ORDER
Recording Date:    10/5/1992
Party Name:    GHOSTHORSE BUCK
Party Type:    PETITIONERS FULL NAME (NEW)
Party Name:    MATTERN LEONARD ALBERT
Party Type:    PETITIONERS FULL NAME (OLD)

Epiphany:
Transcribed from The Goldendale Sentinel - March 22, 2007 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1433&dat=20070322&id=aJk8AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JfcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=906,4420585

Buck Ghost Horse
1940 - 2007

It is with sadness that we announce the crossing of Buck Ghost Horse on  March 5, 2007.

Buck Ghost Horse, was born on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota, to the Lakota Nation in 1940.

In 1962, he joined the Marine Corps and served two duties in Vietnam. He received purple hearts and a Silver Star for his bravery there and ended his nine year stay in the Marine Corps as a drill instructor at Paris Island. He graduated from the University of Florida in History Education and was a member of the American Indian Treaty Council.

For three years he taught in the Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality at Holy Names College, in Oakland, Calif., and received an award from the Native American Alcoholism Program in Oakland for his work with that organization. In addition to being an adjunct professor at Holy Names College, he was in demand as a lecturer around the country speaking on native spirituality, culture, history, and law. He authored Red Nations Sacred Way.

Whereever he went, people circled around him, eager to learn - whether in California, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Georgia, Washington, or Canada. In 1994 he established a spiritual community based on Lakota traditional values, culture, and spiritual teachings in Goldendale. Mentored by his traditional grandfathers and the late Wallace Black Elk, he was a Sundance intercessor for the Sungleska Oyate. He envisioned a ceremony for older women to help overcome the abuses of the past in this culture, and worked closely with addicted youth and adults for their own liberation through traditional ceremony. He leaves behind in Goldendale an active community of some 600 people and thousands of others around the country of all races and traditions whose lives were positively affected by his work.

He was involved in political struggles of justice for Native American Peoples, the protection of native graves and sacred sites, Native treaty rights, and received a certificate in Origins of Indian Law.

In 2006, he received a Native American Medal of Honor for his military service in Viet Nam. He was also active within the Democratic Party and a frequent "Letters to the Editor" contributer to the local papers within his community of Goldendale. He is survived by his wife Vicki; his daughter, Melissa; seven children, Paul, Chad, J.R., Cynthia, Pat, Katie and Sharona; 13 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Paid Obituary

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In the book The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine by Matthew Fox it is claimed that Buck Ghosthorse:

was a "Mentor Warrior"
grew up on the Rosebud Reservation
as a boy was kidnapped by Mormons who did not allow him to speak his language or practice his native ceremonies
he escaped the Mormons by joining the Marines
he had dreams he should work with white people because "they were running things and the earth was in deep trouble"
presented Matthew Fox with a sacred pipe and also guided his vision quest

(some of this book can be viewed on Google Books)

Epiphany:
A 69 year old woman in July 2003 "suffered from burns when a propane space heater inside her tepee ignited her shawl and dress. She was attending a campout at Buck GhostHorse's property west of Goldendale". She died at a burn unit in a Portland Oregon hospital, she'd been airlifted directly there.

Buck described her as a "respected elder of her Aleaut people and our Sicangu-Sungleska Nations". "She was a leader of women's ceremony and a Sun Dancer."

http://gld.stparchive.com/Archive/GLD/GLD07172003P01.php

debbieredbear:
And Buck took Cher Bear's sacred items and distributed them to members of his group and then lied to her family about them. He told them that he "didn't knowA" where they were. One recipient had an eagle feather, a non-native man, and after his family was killed in a car crash in Oregon, he found out that he essentially had a stolen eagle feather and gave it to her family. I know/knew many of her friends. They despised buck and his minions.

Epiphany:

--- Quote ---Elder Support Fund
Rob West's fundraiser for SUNGLESKA OYATE
One of the primary missions of Sungleska is to support indigenous Elders in their continuing efforts to provide traditional education.
A donation to Sungleska Oyate helps fund traditional teachings from ceremonial Elders of many faiths. Many of these Elders are on fixed incomes, or are unemployed. We seek to raise money to assist these national treasures by providing money for their travel, food and lodging when they are invited to bring teachings to the people. We only support those teachers who do not charge for their teachings, and only seek to offset the costs that might prevent them from volunteering to teach.

Organization Information

SUNGLESKA OYATE
649 GARRISON RD
% Franklin McPherson GOLDENDALE, WA 98620
EIN: 260107295
--- End quote ---

https://www.razoo.com/story/Elder-Support-Fund

They want to raise 5 thou, fortunately no one has donated to this particular fund. Rob West is Jennessa West's husband. Jennessa West is the registered agent for Washington state nonprofit corporation. Both of the Wests otherwise are in the film industry.


--- Quote ---SUNGLESKA OYATE
UBI Number   602450391
Category   REG
Profit/Nonprofit   Nonprofit
Active/Inactive   Active
State Of Incorporation   WA
WA Filing Date   11/24/2004
Expiration Date   11/30/2015
Inactive Date   
Duration   Perpetual
Agent Name   Jennessa West
--- End quote ---

https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/search_detail.aspx?ubi=602450391

I've not found a lot of current overt discussion of Sungleska online, Jennessa West for instance on her Facebook has "A certain native uncle of mine (that many of you know)" which would refer to Buck Ghosthorse / Leonard Albert Mattern, but not much else. I wonder if current members are keeping things discreet for now?

This man in Washington state does refer to the group:


--- Quote ---Tim Iistowanohpataakiiwa, M.A.
Native American Traditionalist & Spiritual Guide

Sungleska Oyata Tiospye

Masters of Divinity, Vancouver School Theology
--- End quote ---

http://www.bainbridgepsychology.com/Principals.html


--- Quote --- He is a Sun Dancer, and has danced this most sacred ceremony for a  decade.  His Tiospia, or extended Sun Dance family, are Bear Medicine Healers, who dance in South East Washington.
--- End quote ---

http://www.bainbridgepsychology.com/AboutTim.html

From what I can see of IRS records online, the group seems to be usually in the red financially, although they have been bringing in contributions.

As for that Elder Support Fund - which Elders? How do we know the money will get to the right place?

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