[NATIVE AMERICANS]. STANDING BEAR, Luther (1868-1939). Oversized cabinet photograph. Circa 1885. On original mount (overall 203 x 133 mm), contemporary titling in manuscript on verso, marginal soiling or spotting, rounded corners. Standing Bear was a Sioux Indian that was raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation to an Oglala Lakota family. At age 11, he was sent to Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a federal boarding school for American Indian children in Pennsylvania. In 1902, Standing Bear joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show as an interpreter, chaperon, and performer along with his wife. Standing Bear became one of only a small group of Lakota leaders of his generation who was born and raised in the oral traditions of their culture and at the same time was educated in Euro-American culture. Standing Bear published several books during his lifetime to educate the public about Lakota culture and created popular support to change government policies toward his people. His commentaries have now become part of college-level readings lists in anthropology, literature, history, and philosophy.