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My People the Sioux
Luther Standing Bear
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Paperback. A description of life of the Lakota Indians in the late nineteenth century from the perspective of an Indian. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
When it was first published in 1928, Luther Standing Bear's autobiographical account of his tribe and tribesmen was hailed by Van Wyck Brooks as “one of the most engaging and veracious we have ever had.” It remains a landmark in Indian literature, among the first books about Indians written from the Indian point of view by an Indian.
When it was first published in 1928, Luther Standing Bear's autobiographical account of his tribe and tribesmen was hailed by Van Wyck Brooks as “one of the most engaging and veracious we have ever had.” It remains a landmark in Indian literature, among the first books about Indians written from the Indian point of view by an Indian.
Born in the 1860s, the son of a Lakota chief, Standing Bear was in the first class at Carlisle Indian School, witnessed the Ghost Dance uprising from the Pine Ridge Reservation, toured Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and devoted his ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803293328
SKU
V9780803293328
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About Luther Standing Bear
Luther Standing Bear is the author of Stories of the Sioux, My Indian Boyhood, and Land of the Spotted Eagle (all available in Bison Books editions). Winner of the National Humanities Medal, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Lakota Sioux) is the author of twenty books, including Completing the Circle and The Trickster and the Troll, both available in Bison Books editions. ... Read more
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