Post by Dietmar on Sept 6, 2020 11:37:44 GMT -5
Thanks to Wolfgang, we had identified the picture of this man as Bull Bear:
see:
amertribes.proboards.com/thread/358/help-identification?page=11
Wolfgang had sent me this picture of Bull Bear:
This is what I found out about Bull Bear:
Newspaper articles of 1917 and 1918 reveal that Chief Bull Bear was the leader of a group of Indian show performers, who toured the U.S. in those years. He, Princess Flying Bird, Big Eagle and five more ‘real Sioux Indians’ were part of a ‘great historical two reel feature photoplay’ titled ‘Yellow Flame’. On stage in opera houses they had tipis and campfires. A backdrop behind them represented a picture of their old home among the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota. They sang songs, played tom toms, told stories and lastly also set out to tell the audience why they must buy Liberty bonds if they love America.
Bull Bear also visited President Wilson in 1917. According to the articles I´ve found, he was a Carlisle Indian School graduate, who spoke several languages. He was also said to be a grandson of Oglala Chief Red Cloud.
With the group was Marie Russell, who acted as interpreter (probably for the rest of the troupe). She was the daughter of Jack Russell alias Buckskin Jack, a prominent figure at Pine Ridge and a former interpreter for ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody. Her father was killed in an accident when Marie was eight years old, and Bull Bear, who was said to be a lifelong friend of Jack Russell, and ‘Princess Bull Bear’ had taken care of her.
Princess Bull Bear aka Flying Bird was the daughter of Chief Painting Horse, who was a well known performer for William Cody, and a white woman.
Also with them was Bull Bear´s son Little Hawk, another graduate of Carlisle School, and Kills the Enemy, Bull Bear’s nephew, a graduate of Haskill School, Kansas.
reference:
The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat (Keokuk, Iowa), June 6, 1917
The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) September 13, 1917
The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) April 27, 1918
see:
amertribes.proboards.com/thread/358/help-identification?page=11
Wolfgang had sent me this picture of Bull Bear:
This is what I found out about Bull Bear:
Newspaper articles of 1917 and 1918 reveal that Chief Bull Bear was the leader of a group of Indian show performers, who toured the U.S. in those years. He, Princess Flying Bird, Big Eagle and five more ‘real Sioux Indians’ were part of a ‘great historical two reel feature photoplay’ titled ‘Yellow Flame’. On stage in opera houses they had tipis and campfires. A backdrop behind them represented a picture of their old home among the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota. They sang songs, played tom toms, told stories and lastly also set out to tell the audience why they must buy Liberty bonds if they love America.
Bull Bear also visited President Wilson in 1917. According to the articles I´ve found, he was a Carlisle Indian School graduate, who spoke several languages. He was also said to be a grandson of Oglala Chief Red Cloud.
With the group was Marie Russell, who acted as interpreter (probably for the rest of the troupe). She was the daughter of Jack Russell alias Buckskin Jack, a prominent figure at Pine Ridge and a former interpreter for ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody. Her father was killed in an accident when Marie was eight years old, and Bull Bear, who was said to be a lifelong friend of Jack Russell, and ‘Princess Bull Bear’ had taken care of her.
Princess Bull Bear aka Flying Bird was the daughter of Chief Painting Horse, who was a well known performer for William Cody, and a white woman.
Also with them was Bull Bear´s son Little Hawk, another graduate of Carlisle School, and Kills the Enemy, Bull Bear’s nephew, a graduate of Haskill School, Kansas.
reference:
The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat (Keokuk, Iowa), June 6, 1917
The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) September 13, 1917
The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) April 27, 1918
