Luther Standing Bear

Landmark description of life of the Lakota Indians in the late nineteenth century from the perspective of an Indian.

My People the Sioux

First hand description of the customs, manners, experiences, and traditions of the Lakota.

Land of the Spotted Eagle

" ... [The book] is just a message to the white race; to bring my people before their eyes in a true and authentic manner ..."--Preface.

The Sioux

My People

My Indian Boyhood is a classic memoir of life, experience and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s. Author's wish was to to educate the public about Lakota culture and to challenge government policies toward Native Americans by presenting his personal life story. Luther Standing Bear was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota chief notable in 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.

My Indian Boyhood: The Memoirs of Luther Standing Bear

Series of short stories, related by the author, handed down from generation to generation of the Lakota tribe.

Stories of the Sioux

Classic memoir of life, experience, and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s.

My Indian Boyhood

Standing Bear's dismay at the condition of his people, when after sixteen years' absence he returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation, may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933. In addition to describing the customs, manners, and traditions of the Teton Sioux, Standing Bear also offered more general comments about the importance of native cultures and values and the status of Indian people in American society. Standing Bear sought to tell the white man just how his Indians lived. His book, generously interspersed with personal reminiscences and anecdotes, includes chapters on child rearing, social and political organization, the family, religion, and manhood. Standing Bear's views on Indian affairs and his suggestions for the improvement of white-Indian relations are presented in the two closing chapters.

Luther Standing Bear

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