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Cloud-Morgan, Catholic activist, buried with his peace pipe.(Native American playwright and activist Larry Cloud-Morgan)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

From: National Catholic Reporter  |  Date: 7/30/1999  |  Author: LEFEVERE, PATRICIA

I'm told they buried Larry Cloud-Morgan in his ribbon shirt, beaded medallion and new beaded moccasins, even though he'd lost a foot and some toes to diabetes. The mourners wrapped him in his Four Direction Pendleton blanket holding his carved walking stick.

Those attending Cloud-Morgan's wake at the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocesan Office of Indian Ministry reported that his peace pipe lay next to his right arm. In addition, his casket held an Indian doll, a china plate with a ...

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