Dave Swallow Jr.
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David Swallow Jr. is a Teton Lakota living in Porcupine South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. David and his Grandfathers are from the Band of Crazy Horse. He is known as a spiritual interpreter, Sundance Chief, and one of the Heads man for the Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota Nations. He is one of the last fluent Lakota language speakers, both the old language and today's Lakota language. On his father's side, he descends from Chief Standing Buffalo and from his mother's lineage Chief Red Shirt.
David's Lakota name is Wowita Uha Muni, which translates as Walks With Pride. His wife, Nyla Helper's Lakota name is Mato Wi which translates as Bear Woman. She crafts traditional Lakota medicine for the people.