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Post by msb on Jun 30, 2019 18:16:40 GMT -5
A website visitor asked me about scans of the famous Sicangu author Luther Standing Bear to use them in a movie project. If you have better quality scans of Luther portraits, please let me know, I would hand them on. This is a good opportunity to start a thread about the Standing Bear Family. I´m sure all of you have read one or more books of Luther SB, whose Lakota name was Ota K'te (Plenty Kill). I begin to post some pictures of him. Please feel free to add info or photos you have.  Luther Standing Bear arriving at Carlisle Indian School in 1879  Luther in Carlisle  Standing Bear (his father) & Luther in Carlisle  Red Fish, Luther & Standing Bear  Luther and two other students at Carlisle  Luther playing trumpet in Carlisle  Standing Bear Family  Luther 1894  Luther 1894  Luther in profile  Luther with Buffalo Bill´s Wild West Show  Luther´s wife and son     |
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Post by msb on Jun 30, 2019 20:13:11 GMT -5
Hello!
I am Marvelle Standing Bear 53 year old
Great granddaughter of Chief George S.B
Gdaughter of Stephen SB who was father of my mother Gladys SB born January 1927...
I am told my Great gpa Chief George was married to 2 of Crazy Horses sisters...
I am interested why Luther, my uncle, is listed as Sincangu when we are enrolled in Oglala tribe out of Pine Ridge...my land is in Wanblee S.D.
Thanks,
Marvelle
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Post by Dietmar on Jul 2, 2019 10:56:07 GMT -5
Welcome Marvelle, I hope we together can find an answer to your question. We'd first have to figure out if we're talking about the same men. One Stephen Standing Bear was indeed an Oglala, but as much as I know not related to George/Luther's family. Here´s some info on him: amertribes.proboards.com/thread/2025/standing-bear-oyuhpeIs your Stephen another man? Thanks Dietmar |
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Post by itcmark on Jan 6, 2020 15:28:01 GMT -5
Back in the 1970s I was one of many white-guy pals of Eugene George Standingbear, son of Luther and Laura (Cloud Shield) Standing Bear. I was in my 20s, fresh out of Vietnam and trying to find my way in journalism; Eugene was in his 70s with a rich, rollercoaster life behind him. I spent hours with Gene, recording his stories on cassette tapes and writing articles in local (Colorado) newspapers about him. I even wrote a book about him that never got published. Then about a year ago I rewrote the whole, long story and published it on my noblesavageworld website... in case anyone's interested.
Gene had been steeped in Lakota heritage [thanks mostly to his Uncle and Aunt White Bull (Laura's brother and sister-in-law at Pine Ridge)]; he'd had a brush with OmAha culture when Mom Laura married former Carlisle classmate Levi Levering (who then headed the Omaha Indian agency on the reservation); then he'd married into Osage royalty as son-in-law of Chief Fred Lookout. [The Osage were the wealthiest per-capita society of people on Earth at the time, thanks to their oil, to Frank Phillips of petroleum fame, and to "Big Jim" Bigheart, the Osage chief before Fred who'd lobbied with Uncle Sam to ensure that the Osage people held onto the mineral rights under their land.] Whew.
Anyhow, Eugene led an incredible life, and I'm going to try to post a few pictures here that I took when Gene was hired for episodes of the Grizzly Adams and The Chisholms tv shows, back in the late 70s. If I have trouble getting the pix posted, I'll try to contact Dietmar, who BTW deserves a lot of thanks for managing this amazing-good website.
Mark Macy
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Post by Californian on Jan 7, 2020 0:32:31 GMT -5
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Post by ohitikawinyan on May 6, 2020 18:56:47 GMT -5
Greetings to all. I am related to Luther Standing Bear. His daughter Julia is my great grandmother. Recently discovered this, how it was not mentioned by my family before, I do not know. Right now, I am enjoying reading his books and history research. Just finished an essay about him for a college history class. I am a Unci of 6 and mother of 6. Blessed to be married to a retired Marine, who loves our nation and loves our freedom.
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Post by Dietmar on May 7, 2020 6:19:41 GMT -5
Welcome Ohitikawinyan!
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Post by 4thgeneration on Nov 2, 2020 22:59:05 GMT -5
Standing Bear is also my great grandfather,my great grandmother was his first wife, her name is Nellie, she had 7 kids.
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Post by bubobubo on Nov 5, 2020 17:51:37 GMT -5
Hello! I am Marvelle Standing Bear 53 year old Great granddaughter of Chief George S.B Gdaughter of Stephen SB who was father of my mother Gladys SB born January 1927... I am told my Great gpa Chief George was married to 2 of Crazy Horses sisters... I am interested why Luther, my uncle, is listed as Sincangu when we are enrolled in Oglala tribe out of Pine Ridge...my land is in Wanblee S.D. Thanks, Marvelle Hi, Though I know next to nothing about Luther Standing Bear, on finding that he’s described as Sicangu Lakota on this thread, I too wonder why. I have just finished reading Land of the Spotted Eagle and I believe he referred to himself as Oglala Lakota. Any ideas anyone? |
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Post by grahamew on Dec 19, 2022 11:04:59 GMT -5
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Post by Californian on Dec 19, 2022 14:51:49 GMT -5
thanks for sharing Grahame, great picture. I often see Standing Bear the elder depicted as "Luther Standing Bear" even on Wikipedia which I ended up removing and replacing with the right person's portrait
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Post by Californian on Apr 6, 2024 18:31:40 GMT -5
Luther Standing Bear, 1928 Los Angeles, unknown photographer click onto image to enlarge |
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Post by Californian on Apr 6, 2024 18:34:35 GMT -5
Luther Standing Bear at the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1926. Photographed by historian and author Earl Alonzo Brininstool click onto image to enlarge |
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