Mark Thompson

mark iktomi>hitunkala thompson, ph.d. is one of the founding elders of the Otter Clan. Trained in the history and philosophy of religions, specializing at UCLA in indigenous shamanism of the Americas, he studied with three Lakota shamen during the 1970s when he worked for the US Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.  He is a retired educator, a social justice- environmental activist, who continues to work on issues of educational philosophy and cultural review.