Standing Bear (in Lakota, Mató Nájin) was a Minneconjou Lakota. He is also referred to as Stephen Standing Bear. Standing Bear is perhaps best known for his artwork, including illustrating the 1932 edition of Black Elk Speaks.[1]
Standing Bear was born in 1859.[2] His father died when he was four, and he lived with his mother, sister, grandparents, and uncle.[2] He was part of the Battle of Little Big Horn, attending the Sun Dance before the battle.[2]
His wife and baby daughter were killed at the Battle of Wounded Knee, a massacre in 1890. He was on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West at the time, in Vienna. During the tour, he met Louise, who he would later marry. Louise and her parents later immigrated to the United States, living at the Pine Ridge Reservation. His mixed marriage faced criticism.[3]
He died in 1933.[2]
Artist Arthur Amiotte is one of his great grandsons.[4]
References edit
- ^ DeMallie, Raymond J. (Summer 2006). "Black Elk in the Twenty-First Century". Ethnohistory. 53 (3): 595–601. doi:10.1215/00141801-2006-006. ISSN 0014-1801.
Also included are the illustrations drawn by Standing Bear for the 1932 edition, which provide a visual counterpoint to the interviews, presumably reflecting Black Elk's own perspective. Like the text, they call out for interpretation.
Accessed through Academic Search Complete. - ^ a b c d Samantha Thompson; Veleda Goulden; Tawa Ducheneaux; Arthur Amiotte; Standing Bear; Louise Standing Bear. ""Your Friend, Standing Bear": Coming together through repatriation". Peel Archives Blog (in English and German). Brampton ON: Region of Peel. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Kaschor, Kim (2 April 2022). "Rare Indigenous eyewitness account of Battle of the Little Bighorn found in Ontario". CBC Unreserved. Winnipeg MB: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Smith, Elaine (8 April 2022). "How a firsthand account of the Battle of Little Big Horn made its way home from Brampton to South Dakota". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON: Torstar. Retrieved 21 June 2022.