Ed McGaa
Ed McGaa (April 16, 1936 – August 25, 2017)RAPID CITY | [Edward McGaa, 81 http://rapidcityjournal.com/obits/mcgaa-edward/article_6f5a1954-8f79-5bcb-aed5-cbe8d3ac3782.html] died Aug. 25, 2017.[http://www.osheimschmidt.com/m/?p=guestbook&id=2001014 Edward "Ed" McGaa] | 1936 - 2017 | Obituary was an American new age author,[http://www.paperbackswap.com/Rainbow-Tribe-Ordinary-Ed-McGaa/book/0062506110/ Rainbow Tribe]. "Genres:...Religion & Spirituality >> New Age & Spirituality". [http://www.paperbackswap.com/Eagle-Vision-Return-Ed-McGaa/book/0964517361/ Eagle Vision: Return of the Hoop]. "Genres:...Religion & Spirituality >> New Age & Spirituality". etc. workshop leader, and military veteran.
Life
McGaa was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota as a member of the Oglala Lakota. He served in the Marines in Korea,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.28952/ Military service in Korea] and as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War, flying 110 combat missions, receiving 8 Air Medals and 2 Crosses of Gallantry. He was recommended for a Distinguished Flying Cross.{{Cite web |url=http://www4.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A324 |title=McGaa's war medals |access-date=2010-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703041743/http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A324 |archive-date=2010-07-03 |url-status=dead }}
He received his bachelor's degree from Saint John's University and a law degree from the University of South Dakota. He participated in the Sun Dance ceremony with Frank Fools Crow.[http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/6501/Ed_McGaa/index.aspx Harper Collins biodata on Ed McGaa] Later in life he wrote books and led workshops on spirituality.
Works
- Reminiscences of Lorraine Three Legs, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, 1969. Oral History
- Red Cloud, Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1971. {{ISBN|0-87518-041-8}}
- Mother Earth Spirituality : native American paths to healing ourselves and our world, San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1990. {{ISBN|0-06-250596-3}}
- Rainbow Tribe: ordinary people journeying on the red road, San Francisco: Harper, 1992. {{ISBN|0-06-250611-0}}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cq0UmetFb1kC| title=Native Wisdom: Perceptions of the Natural Way| place= Minneapolis, MN | publisher= Four Directions Publishing| year= 1995| isbn= 0-9645173-1-0 }}
- Eagle Vision: Return of the Hoop, Minneapolis, MN : Four Directions Publishing, 1998. {{ISBN|0-9645173-6-1}}
- Crazy Horse and Chief Red Cloud, Rapid City, South Dakota: Four Directions Publishing, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-9645173-3-2}}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-JafqBn6fwC| title=Nature's Way: Native Wisdom for Living in Balance with the Earth| publisher=HarperCollins| year= 2005| isbn= 978-0-06-075048-0 }}
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Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:American non-fiction writers
Category:St. John's University (New York City) alumni
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Category:People from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota
Category:Native American United States military personnel
Category:United States Marine Corps officers
Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of the Korean War
Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War