Arvol Looking Horse

Chief Arvol Looking Horse was born on the Cheyenne River reservation in South Dakota in 1954. At the age of twelve he was given the enormous responsibility of becoming the nineteenth-generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. He was raised in an era that gave witness to the suppression of his peoples spiritual practices. He says he decided to “work for change and let the world know how beautiful our way of life is, so the Seventh Generation can have a better life.” His life has revolved around his commitment to work towards religious freedom and cultural survival and revival.