Luther Standing Bear (1868–1939)
Auteur de Souvenirs d'un chef sioux
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Credit: Photo by Fowler, Chicago, July 21, 1891
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZ62-56421)
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZ62-56421)
Œuvres de Luther Standing Bear
The tragedy of the Sioux 2 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Native Heritage: Personal Accounts by American Indians, 1790 to the Present (1995) — Contributeur — 59 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Standing Bear, Luther
- Autres noms
- Ota Kte
- Date de naissance
- 1868
- Date de décès
- 1939-02-20
- Lieu de sépulture
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Lakota
USA - Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, USA
Spotted Tail Agency, Rosebud, Dakota Territory, South Dakota, USA - Lieu du décès
- Huntington, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- South Dakota, USA
California, USA
Pennsylvania, USA - Études
- Carlisle Indian Industrial School
- Professions
- teacher
actor - Organisations
- National League for Justice to the American Indian
Oglala Council
Actors' Guild of Hollywood
Indian Actors' Association
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Oglala Lakota People
Membres
Critiques
Listes
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 440
- Popularité
- #55,641
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 31
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 1
This is an eye-opening look into the history of the Sioux people during the time when their world was changing from the traditional to the colonized. While Luther Standing Bear speaks in favor of assimilation (to an extent) into the white man's world, near the end of this book you can also see his plea start to take shape—he spells it out at the very end, but the gist of it is that he wants his people and the white people to both work for a good and just outcome (which sadly has yet to properly arrive, a century later). I found the early portion of the book easier to read, because it was more story-like about his boyhood on the prairie, while the second half starts to signal the message. And yet, the second half of the book is at least as important as the first half, and reminds us that while we may feel like we've taken big steps forward, there is still a long way to go.… (plus d'informations)