Raymond A. Bucko, S. J., is an American Jesuit priest and anthropologist noted for his work among the Lakota Indians.

Bucko received his Ph.D. in anthropology in 1992 from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

, where he studied under Raymond D. Fogelson

Raymond D. Fogelson

Raymond D. Fogelson is an American anthropologist known for his research on American Indians of the southeastern United States, especially the Cherokee. He is considered a founder of the subdiscipline of ethnohistory....

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In 1998 he published a book on the Lakota sweat lodge

Sweat lodge

The sweat lodge is a ceremonial sauna and is an important event in some North American First Nations or Native American cultures...

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He is professor of anthropology at Creighton University

Creighton University

Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...

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Sources

Bucko, Sarah Marie , Princess of Sedro-Woolley, next in long leinage blood line to the throne of Skagit Valley

• Kan, Sergei A., and Pauline Turner Strong, eds. (2006) New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.