Phillip Scott

Of mixed Ancestry and thrice struck by lightning, Phillip (Šúnkawakhán Sápa/ Black Horse) has faithfully walked the Native Path for over forty years, learning from, adopted, and sanctioned by Indigenous Medicine/Holy people, tribal Spiritual leaders, Wisdom keepers, and Elders from several Nations and cultures. Annually Sundancing in the Lakota Tradition for over three decades and a member of respected Native Medicine families, he is a Ceremonial leader and Traditional healer entrusted to share Indigenous Wisdom, Knowledge, and Medicine Ways with the contemporary world. Serving as a bridge, he is a staunch defender of and advocate for Indigenous rights and environmental justice.

An advisor and presenter on various Sacred matters, he is a counselor, educator, and consultant for academic, spiritual/religious, medical, environmental, and penal institutions as well as for corporations. Interviewed monthly for radio, his life, story, and writings have been featured in books and journals. He is a contributing author to Stanley Krippner's The Shamanic Powers of Rolling Thunder and well as Itzhak Beery's Shamanic Transformations. In addition to directing and teaching at Ancestral Voice – Institute for Indigenous Lifeways in Northern California, which he founded in 1994, he maintains a healing practice, performs Traditional Ceremonies, conducts intensives and lectures, and leads pilgrimages worldwide. He is skilled in wilderness and urban survival, has received a Master's degree from Naropa University, and is also a licensed EMT.