“They were forced to seek out the actor because there are no legitimate medicine men around the reservation and the local ones have served time in prison for sex crimes.”
“The Canadian charges against “Dances With Wolves” actor and self-described medicine man Nathan Chasing Horse remain unresolved despite his recent conviction in the United States. Chasing Horse, also known as Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, 49, was convicted by a jury in Nevada on Jan. 30 of 13 charges out of the 21 sworn against him in that state. The charges include multiple sexual assaults of multiple women, with some of the charges involving them when they were still minors.
“The conviction is not the end of the allegations against Chasing Horse. Has also been banned from the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana and from the Tsuut’ina ‘Nation’ {a ‘nation’ of 2,739 people} in Alberta, where a warrant has been issued for his arrest on multiple charges of sexual exploitation and sexual assault. He is also facing one charge of sexual assault in Keremeos, B.C.
“The Tsuut’ina ‘Nation’ Police Service in Alberta issued a news release following the conviction, stating that they are monitoring the situation and that the warrant for Chasing Horse’s arrest remains active … The release stated that the Police Service is in contact with the Alberta Crown Prosecutors’ Office regarding the outstanding warrant.
“Chasing Horse’s charge of a 2018 sexual assault in Keremeos was stayed in 2023, as proceedings continued in the U.S. The B.C. prosecution recommenced in Penticton Provincial Court in October of 2024, five days after his charges in Nevada were refiled following their initial dismissal by the courts. Communications counsel for the BC Prosecution Service, Damienne Darby, said that the fate of the Keremeos charge will depend on what happens in the U.S. Chasing Horse currently faces at least 25 years for the charges he was convicted of.
“Once Mr. Chasing Horse has been sentenced and any appeals exhausted in that jurisdiction, we will assess next steps in relation to the Penticton prosecution”,
said Darby.
“In the decades since starring in the Oscar-winning movie, authorities say he built a reputation as a self-proclaimed medicine man among tribes and travelled around North America to perform healing ceremonies, while using that position to exploit vulnerable girls and young women, as well as establishing his own cult called “The Circle”. Chasing Horse is due to return to the Las Vegas Court in March to receive his sentence.”
–‘Canadian authorities weighing extradition after Nathan Chasing Horse’s U.S. conviction’,
Brennan Phillips, Williams Lake Tribune, February 6, 2026
“Fort Peck tribal leaders voted 7 to 0, with two abstentions, to pass the education committee’s motion to ban actor and Lakota “spiritual leader” Nathan Chasing Horse from the Fort Peck Reservation.
“The motion, which alleges human trafficking, drug dealing spiritual abuse and intimidation of tribal members, will stop Chasing Horse from coming onto the reservation and holding a Sundance and ceremonies.
“The majority vote was met with disapproval and outbursts from a group of about 10 followers of Chasing Horse, aka Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse and Nathan Chasing His Horses.
“Chasing Horse is perhaps best known for his role as “Smiles A Lot” in the movie “Dances With Wolves” but is also known as a medicine man who performs ceremonies in the USA and Canada. He was planning on holding a Sun Dance in Chelsea this month but has moved it to Wyoming, instead.
“Councilwoman Roxanne Gourneau said the council, in executive session, previously discussed Chasing Horse with police and prosecutors the past several years. Although they couldn’t discuss publicly what was shared in those closed session meetings, it was clear that many authorities and people perceive Chasing Horse as a threat to tribal members, she said.
“At last week’s education meeting, supporters of the banishment said there is at least one open investigation of Chasing Horse alleging he committed sexual abuse against one of his young female followers in South Dakota two years ago. But no charges have been filed. Other investigations are also underway, the banishment supporters alleged in the July 6 meeting
“The federal government fell asleep on this but I’m not”,
Gourneau said before the vote.
“Will I protect our people from that? In a heartbeat”,
Gourneau said.
…
“After the vote was taken and the audience was leaving the chambers, Chasing Horse supporter Dakota Christian muttered to some of the supporters of the banishment,
“All of you will regret this and you will be sorry”.
“Another supporter said the council was “taking away their prayers”.
“Chasing Horse could not be reached for comment but an attorney representing the actor has threatened the tribal council with a possible lawsuit.
“Last week, the Tribal Executive Board’s Education Committee voted in favor of excluding Chasing Horse from the reservation after a group of tribal members packed the Council Chambers to voice concern over Chasing Horse returning to Fort Peck and holding a Sun Dance with his followers in Chelsea.
“Worries were mainly safety-related and tribal members told of previous experiences with Chasing Horse, including incidents of alleged sexual abuse, human trafficking, threats to tribal members, intimidation, guns being used to keep tribal members out of ceremonies, and disrespecting the land on and around where the Sundance was previously held in Chelsea.
“With the final vote at Monday’s special board meeting, the banishment is now in effect and Chasing Horse could be arrested if he comes onto the reservation.
“The vote did not come without resistance and Chairman A.T. Stafne was forced to hammer down the gavel several times to stop outbursts and interruptions by Chasing Horse’s followers.
…
“The group elected to have Fort Kipp elder Jackie Perry speak on their behalf.
…
“She went on to compare Chasing Horse to Jesus Christ, saying he was also preaching love and unity and was crucified for his beliefs.
…
“Lilda Christian, another supporter of Chasing Horse, said they were forced to seek out the actor because there are no legitimate medicine men around the reservation and the local ones have served time in prison for sex crimes.
“Even with the council voting to exile Chasing Horse, it is okay because if this is the attitude of the leadership and of people here, then Christian said she wouldn’t want Chasing Horse to come around anyway.
“Georgia DeMarrias said the council was violating the followers’ religious freedom rights by banishing Chasing Horse.
…
“Tribal leaders are politicians and their lives are expected to have some kind of scandal, but not when it comes to spiritual leaders, Gourneau said. Spiritual leaders should have no scandal surrounding their lives, and they shouldn’t be holding guns at people who want to attend a Sun Dance on their own reservation, she added.
…
“Under federal law, the Tribes have ‘sovereign immunity’, meaning they cannot be sued in federal court without their consent. In state court, there is no jurisdiction over tribal government actions. Tribal Court also has no authority over the TEB, as the council never waived sovereign immunity and cannot be sued in their own court.”
–‘Actor, ‘Medicine Man’ Chasing Horse Banished From Fort Peck’,
Louis Montclair, IndiJ Public Media, July 17, 2015
https://ictnews.org/archive/actor-medicine-man-chasing-horse-banished-from-fort-peck/
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“More than four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence and more than half have experienced sexual violence, according to a 2016 National Institute of Justice study.
“Chasing Horse is “not a one-off”, said Crystal Lee, CEO and founder of the organization ‘United Natives’, which offers services to victims of sexual abuse. Since 2024, purported medicine men among the Saskatchewan Cree; the Ojibway-Anishinaabeg; and the Ute Mountain Ute have all been convicted of sexual assault {See below}.
“It’s a big elephant in the room of holding our Native men accountable for being perpetrators among our own women, children and family community”,
Lee said.”
–‘Brainwashing’: the shocking case of a Native American healer accused of sexual abuse’,
Eric Berger, The Guardian, 17 Jan. 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/nathan-chasing-horse-actor-sexual-abuse-trial
“For a decade, Cecil Wolfe touched the buttocks, breasts and genitals of 12 women during treatment sessions, claiming he was removing “bad medicine” from their bodies.
The “trusted and respected” Saskatchewan Cree medicine man and elder was highly recommended within his ‘Indigenous’ {sic} community, often hired by the Saskatoon Tribal Council and White Buffalo Youth Lodge to perform ceremonies.
“The women hoped Wolfe would help relieve their depression, stomach pain and cancer. Instead, they left feeling uncomfortable, confused and violated. Many said they stayed silent about what happened because they feared spiritual punishment.
“Sitting in the prisoner’s box of a Saskatoon King’s Bench courtroom on Wednesday, Wolfe, 63, admitted that he touched the women “partly for non-legitimate purposes”.
“Instead of going to trial next week, he pleaded guilty to 12 counts of sexual assault against women he treated in Saskatoon, Loon Lake and Muskeg Lake Cree ‘Nation’ between 2012 and 2021.
“Justice John Morrall ordered a 24-hour publication ban on the plea hearing to allow the Crown time to inform the 12 victims about the plea.
“Wolfe initially pleaded guilty in 2022 to all 12 counts of sexual assault. At the time, lawyers had jointly proposed a sentence of nine-and-a-half years. A Saskatoon provincial court judge expunged the guilty pleas a year later, saying Wolfe wasn’t properly informed of the consequences {?}.
“Although he’d pleaded guilty, Wolfe maintained during his sentencing hearing that the touches were for healing and not for a sexual purpose. He fired his lawyer soon after.
“On Wednesday, Morrall conducted a thorough plea comprehension with Wolfe, partly through a Cree translator. He asked Wolfe if he was forced to plead guilty, if he’s pleading guilty “just to get it over with”, and if he understands the “nature and consequences” of the guilty pleas.
“The following information comes from an agreed statement of facts entered in court.
“During a doctoring session in April 2021, Wolfe touched a woman’s pubic area, told her that someone had put “bad medicine” on her, and asked her about her vaginal fluids. The woman reported it to police. Wolfe was charged, and 11 more women came forward after reading about it in the news.
“The facts state that he asked them to wear skirts to their treatment sessions. He would then tell them to pull their skirts down; sometimes he put his hand inside their underwear, and in half of the cases, he inserted his fingers inside them.
“Wolfe produced “trinkets” that he said he extracted from the women, like cat claws, dog bones, snakeskin and, according to one woman, something that looked like mozzarella cheese. In one case, Wolfe told a woman that someone had put something inside her when she was a child. He asked if she’d been sexually assaulted as a child; she said no.
“He then told her she could have children after putting his fingers inside her vagina and “taking it out”.
“Wolfe told one woman that she needed to go off birth control (she wasn’t on it). Another woman said Wolfe told her she would never walk again unless he rubbed water on her inner thighs. She “did not question the offender’s actions or touches because she was raised to not question medicine men”, the facts state.
“Several women reported that Wolfe also asked them about their sexual partners while touching them. Many never went back. Some women said Wolfe asked for consent before touching them. They believed they had to consent because of his spiritual position, and because it was part of the traditional healing process.
“Medicine people (man or woman) is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves their ‘Indigenous’ community. The knowledge possessed by medicine people is privileged and usually passed down through family or through years of immersive apprenticeship.”
“It is not appropriate, in the ‘Indigenous’ tradition, to touch a female body during doctoring, especially private areas such as the buttocks, vagina or breast. The only acceptable places to touch a female are the middle of the back, head, feet and shoulders.”
“Sentencing was adjourned to March 26 to allow the preparation of a pre-sentence report, and the completion of victim impact statements.
“Wolfe has been out of custody since his arrest. Crown prosecutor Lana Morelli asked that he be taken into custody until sentencing, but Morrall continued his release.”
–‘After expungement, Sask. medicine man pleads guilty — again — to 12 counts of sexual assault’,
Bre McAdam, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Feb. 20, 2025
UPDATE:
“A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting 12 women under the guise of being an Indigenous “healer” or medicine man.
“Cecil Wolfe, 63, ministered to vulnerable female patients in Saskatchewan and Alberta who were seeking traditional treatment for everything from depression to cancer. The meetings took place in homes and hotel rooms from 2012 to 2021, court was told.
“Justice John Morrall sentenced Wolfe on Wednesday in Saskatoon’s Court of King’s Bench. Wolfe pleaded guilty in February. …”
–‘Cree ‘healer’ sentenced to 8 years in prison’,
Kathleen Martens, APTN News, Apr. 25, 2025
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/cree-healer-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison/
“A former traditional healer at Ottawa’s Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health was sentenced to three years in prison for three counts of sexual assault in an Ottawa courtroom Monday, with the judge describing how he egregiously abused the trust his victims placed in him.
“Ralph King had been found guilty in November after three women testified he inappropriately touched them during healing sessions at the centre in 2021.
“King, 61, is an ‘Ojibway-Anishinaabeg’ healer from Moose Deer Point ‘First Nation’ {a ‘nation’ of 552 people}. He was charged in March 2022 after offering healing sessions at the Wabano Centre between November 2020 and March 2021.
“King remained emotionless throughout Monday’s hearing as Justice Faith Finnestad read victim impact statements from the three women before sentencing him to 12 months imprisonment for each victim, to be served consecutively, given the seriousness of the crimes.
“Each charge carried a maximum penalty of 18 months in jail.
“The women hugged and shed tears with family members and Crown prosecutors outside the courtroom afterward.
…
“The sentence represented some measure of closure and accountability, another woman said, expressing surprise that King had been jailed.
“CBC News is unable to name the victims due to a publication ban.
“The victim impact statements described how King violated the trust placed in him and misused his gift for traditional healing, resulting in lasting harm.
…
“Two of the women had already been victims of childhood sexual abuse, the judge said. All three had expressed their desire that that King never be allowed to carry out traditional healing ceremonies with women in the future. One of his ‘Indigenous’ victims described how the abuse made her doubt her ability to know where, when and with whom she is safe.
“Justice Finnestad described the second victim’s victim statement as “an anguished cry” in which the woman wrote about how given King’s status as a healer, she had mistrusted her own feelings of discomfort at the inappropriate touching during the healing session … Despite this, she ended her statement by wishing King well.
“A third victim told King he had failed her and abused his power.
“You chose to use your gifts to hurt people in the lower states of life and tried to make them out to be liars“,
the victim wrote in her statement.
“I do forgive you but don’t get that mixed up and fail again.”
‘Gladue report considered’
Finnestad read from a ‘Gladue’ report prepared ahead of sentencing that considered King’s ‘Indigeneity’ but said ultimately, it did not mitigate his sentence. The report described “a history of intergenerational trauma and substance abuse and its effects on King“.
{That’s what EVERY ‘Gladue’ report says!}
“The report described how King’s mother had been punished at school for speaking Ojibway. King described being poor as a child, being bullied at school and suffering from learning difficulties.
“King remembered hiding in the bush with his siblings when his father became violent while drunk and reported being sexually abused by babysitters. He began drinking himself at age 12 and reported being addicted by age 15.
“Later in life, the report said King had quit drinking in a bid to become a good father, had become a hunter and important member of his community and had performed tens of thousands {?} of healing ceremonies.
“He also experienced anxiety, depression and PTSD, partly as a result of his childhood but also from his work as a firefighter. His wife wrote a letter describing him as a good husband and caring man and describing the hardship a custodial sentence would have on the family.
“Finnestad said that the contents of the report would not mitigate King’s sentence, noting how the offending was exacerbated by the breach of trust of his position.
“A safe and culturally appropriate space for healing has been violated“,
she said.
“In addition to the prison time, King’s name and DNA will be added to the sex offender registry. He is also prohibited from owning weapons for 10 years.
“King was remanded in custody.”
–‘Former Wabano Centre healer gets 3 years in prison for sexual assault’,
CBC News, July 22, 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ralph-king-healer-ottawa-prison-sentence-1.7270908
And from the U.S.:
“The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado announces that Lyndreth Hemp Wall, 59, a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, was convicted of sexually assaulting five victims, including a child. A federal jury convicted Wall on 15 counts of Sexual Abuse in Indian Country and Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country.
“According to the facts established at trial, Wall held himself out as a traditional Native American healer, sometimes referred to as a “medicine man”. Wall was elected to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council in 2020 and is a former school board member in ‘Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1’.
“Over the course of at least the past dozen years, Wall sexually exploited multiple women on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation under the guise of spiritual treatment. Wall created an elaborate ruse by using traditional elements of Ute healing to trick his victims into believing his actions were part of a healing ceremony. During his “ceremonies”, Wall isolated victims alone and touched them sexually for his own gratification. Wall told multiple victims that, if they told anyone about his sexual touching, the healing would not work.
“Over the course of trial, the jury heard from the five women who alleged that Wall had committed sexual abuse in Towaoc, Colorado. The jury returned guilty verdicts for abuse of all five women charged in the indictment. The jury also heard from a sixth woman who alleged Wall had sexually assaulted her in Alamosa and Lone Tree in 2020 and 2021 under a rule of evidence that permits evidence of other sexual assaults.
“A sentencing date has not yet been set. In addition to this case, Wall faces two separate allegations of sexual assault in Colorado state court.”
–‘Purported Ute Mountain Ute Medicine Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Five Victims’,
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado, November 19, 2025
See also:
‘Rampant Sexual Abuse in Treaty 3 Territory’ {Aug.24, 2023}:
“Evidence points to an epidemic of sexual abuse across the territory. The police-reported sexual assault crime rate across Treaty 3 in 2021 was 10 times higher than the national average.”
“An APTN investigation has identified dozens of sexual abuse victims across ‘First Nations’ {‘Aboriginal communities’} in ‘Treaty 3 territory’ in what survivors describe as a silent epidemic that has gone unaddressed for generations.”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2023/08/24/rampant-sexual-abuse-in-treaty-3-territory/
‘NO GO’ Zones On B.C. Reserves’ {October 26, 2015}:
“B.C.’s representative for children and youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, said she estimates there are about 25 of B.C.’s 203 ‘First Nations’ who have so-called ‘no-go zones’ on their reserves, in attempts to prevent visits from social workers.”
https://endracebasedlaw.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/no-go-zones-on-b-c-reserves/
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