In 1949 he traveled to a Blackfoot Sun Dance in Idaho[REF] where he performed on percussion and flute, returning to the Native American music he first came in contact with as a child.
In 1954, he won a case in the New York State Supreme Court against disc jockey Alan Freed, who had branded his radio show, "The Moondog Rock and Roll Matinee", around the name "Moondog", using "Moondog's Symphony" (the first record that Moondog ever cut) as his "calling card".