Ed McGaa

The Author is an enrolled Oglala Sioux tribal member, OST 15287. After serving in Korea he earned an undergraduate degree (St. Johns University MN). He rejoined the Marine Corps to become a fighter pilot. Major McGaa returned from 110 combat missions to dance in six annual Sioux Sun Dances. He is a Bush Award recipient wherein he studied under two Sioux holy men, Chief Eagle Feather and Chief Fools Crow, and Ben Black Elk, the interpreter for Black Elk Speaks, by John Neihardt. Eagle Man holds a law degree from the University of South Dakota. The Spirituality Series of books began with a trip to Spain to speak at several colleges and a University. Similar to John Cornwell’s (Hitler’s Pope) and James Carroll’s (Constantine’s Sword) who had shocked reactions upon discovering their information in Vatican archives, I was also shocked to discover the reaction of the Spanish populace’s negativity regarding Organized Religion. England and Australia were no surprise, however, for I have been hearing their rejecting commentary and viewing their decaying, vacant churches over several decades.