This carefully crafted ebook: ‘Selected Writings of Luther Standing Bear’ is formatted for your e Reader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Between 1928 and 1936, Standing Bear wrote four books about protecting Lakota culture and in opposition to government regulation of Native Americans. Standing Bear’s commentaries challenged government policies regarding education, assimilation, freedom of religion, tribal sovereignty, return of lands and efforts to convert the Lakota into sedentary farmers.
Contents:
My People the Sioux
My Indian Boyhood
The Tragedy of the Sioux
Land of the Spotted Eagle
About the author
Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939) was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota chief notable in American history as a Native American author, educator, philosopher, and actor of the twentieth century. Standing Bear fought to preserve Lakota heritage and sovereignty; he was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans.
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