Reuben Snake, Your Humble Serpent: Indian Visionary and Activist

Born on the Winnebago Indian reservation in Nebraska during the Depression, Snake (1937-1993) overcame poverty and alcoholism to become Winnebago tribal chairman, environmentalist, writer, singer and national chairman of the American Indian Movement in the early 1970s. As an ordained Roadman (spiritual leader) in the Native American Church, which combines use of peyote, aboriginal American symbolism and Christianity, he campaigned to