In the Crossroads Market in Calgary there is a reward poster for the Sundance Kid. He is described as having black eyes and Grecian features which is, I suppose, related to things Greek. The notable identifying descriptor, however, is the line that says he ” LOOKS LIKE QUARTER BREED INDIAN”.
While the rendering of the Sundance Kid is rather nondescript, in visualizing what a quarter-breed Indian looks like, I refer to the picture of this author at the bottom of the page.
The author’s mother was half-breed and her mother, Mary Mountain Horse, was full-breed, daughter of Wolf Moccasin (aka Flying Chief aka Potaina aka Joe Healy) and Double Gun Woman. Mom said he was a scary looking dude but her grandma, who never cared much for English, was a very kind gentle woman.
This makes the author a quarter-breed, which is obvious from his Grecian features.
Tom Sindlinger spent twenty-three years with his sociological grandfather Mike Mountain Horse, and his biological grandmother Mary Mountain Horse, from their unpainted clapboard house in the displaced persons’ neighborhood of Lethbridge, to teepees just inside the Calgary Stampede main gate, to the Sun Dance at Belly Flats.
He served as a Select Committee Member of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, a multibillion-dollar bucket of surplus money representing the economic and political blooming of Alberta.
He was the only Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly to vocally support the patriation of the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Tom Sindlinger is an International Economic Analyst with a focus on marketing and transportation of natural resources, and governance.
He successfully completed 19 projects in 12 countries for both private and public entities.
The Alberta and The Lethbridge Sports Halls of Fame inducted him in recognition of his contribution to Alberta and Canadian basketball championship teams.
