Robert C. "Snuffy" Gray
Retired Army officer who tried to create a reconcilliation with the Lakota people over the Wounded Knee Massacre
STURGIS, S.D. - Robert C. "Snuffy" Gray, a retired Army officer whose life as a soldier, veteran and friend of native Americans was the focus of a British television documentary last month, died Sunday. He was 83.
The cause of death was a heart attack, said daughter Robyn Gray.
The British Broadcasting Corp. described the film aired Feb. 16, "Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry," as an exploration of "the profound human consequences of America's frontier wars through (Gray's) moving personal journey."
In 1994, Gray, a leader of the Korean War Veterans 7th Cavalry Association, helped organize a ceremony at Fort Meade bringing together 7th Cavalry Regiment veterans and Lakota tribe members in a symbolic "Wolakota" reconciliation, a century after the regiment killed up to 370 Lakota men, women and children in what history knows as the Wounded Knee massacre.
Robert C. "Snuffy" Gray
September 16, 1925 - March 15, 2009
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“ I was fortunate to have met Bob through our friendship with his son Steve. I truly enjoyed the BBC documentary about Bob and his struggle to come to...Read More » ”
Posted by: Meredith Hutmacher - Berthoud, CO
