Warfield Richards Red Bow (June 26, 1948 – March 28, 1993) was a South Dakota Lakotan known for his music.
He dropped out of high school to become an actor[4] and later served in the Vietnam War as a U.S. Marine in the 1960s.
[4] 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.
[6] Red Bow died on March 28, 1993, in the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City of Cirrhosis of the Liver,[7] and was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Red Shirt).
[1] He was posthumously inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 1998.