Film Description: 'An account of a rug-making cooperative organized by Sioux Indian women of the Standing Buffalo Reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley of southern. If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order: The fewer number of games played (i. 1968 LIFE Magazines For Sale 1968 LIFE Magazine Covers. Very funny back page photo of a bush trimmer standing in the middle of the bush while he works. LAND: The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation is thirty-four miles south of Mandan, North Dakota. The reservation straddles the North Dakota and South Dakota border. Standing Buffalo (1968) Quotes on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and more. Luther Standing Bear - Wikipedia. Luther Standing Bear (December 1. Standing Bear fought to preserve Lakota heritage and sovereignty and was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans. Standing Bear was one of a small group of Lakota leaders of his generation, such as Gertrude Bonnin, and Charles Eastman, who were born and raised in the oral traditions of their culture, educated in white culture, and wrote significant historical accounts of their people and history in English. Luther Standing Bear helped create the popular twentieth- century image that Native American culture is holistic and respectful of nature; his classic commentaries appear in college- level reading lists in anthropology, literature, history, and philosophy, and constitute a legacy and treasury of Native American wisdom. Luther was taught to be brave and unafraid to die, and was determined to do heroic deeds to bring honor to his family. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was one of the earliest Native American boarding schools, whose goal was cultural assimilation of Native Americans. He randomly pointed at the symbols on a wall and named himself Luther, and his father's name became his surname. Luther soon became Captain Richard Henry Pratt. Like many other Carlisle students, Luther had high personal regard for Captain Pratt. Carlisle gave its students opportunities to interact and live in the white world. During the summer months students were enrolled in an . Whites believed the Indian children could not be civilized while wearing moccasins and blankets. Their hair was cut because in some mysterious way long hair stood in the path of our development. They were issued the clothes of white men. High collar stiff- bosomed shirts and suspenders fully three inches in width were uncomfortable. White leather boots caused actual suffering. Standing Bear later wrote that red flannel underwear caused . We did not believe it. When the moon eclipsed, we readily believed our teacher about geography and astronomy. Those who remained at school were sent to the mountains for a vacation trip. I was among the number. When we reached our camping place, we pitched out tents like soldiers all in a row. Captain Pratt brought along a lot of feathers and some sinew, and we made bows and arrows. Many white people came to visit the Indian camp, and seeing us shooting with the bow and arrow, they would put nickels and dimes in a slot of wood and set them up for us to shoot at. If we knocked the money from the stick, it was ours. We enjoyed this sport very much, as it brought a real home thrill to us. It made me wonder what sort of people the whites were, anyway. NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. Perhaps they were glad to have Custer killed, and were really pleased to shake the hand with the man who had killed him! The paper stated that he was the Indian who killed General Custer! The chief and his people had been held prisoners of war, and now here they were to appear in a Philadelphia theater. So I determined to go and see what he had to say, and what he was really in the East for. I had to pay fifty cents for a ticket. The theater was decorated with many Indian trappings such as were used by the Sioux tribe of which I was a member. There were two women and two children with them. A white man came on stage and introduced Sitting Bull as the man who had killed General Custer (which, of course, was absolutely false). Sitting Bull arose and addressed the audience in the Sioux tongue, as he did not speak nor understand English. I see so many white people and what they are doing, that it makes me glad to know that some day my children will be educated also. There is no use fighting any longer. The buffalo are all gone, as well as the rest of the game. Now I am going to shake the hand of the Great Father at Washington, and I am going to tell him all these things. He never even mentioned General Custer. He then started telling the audience all about the Battle of the Little Big Horn, generally spoken as the . He told so many lies that I had to smile. Then the white man said that all those who wished to shake hands with Sitting Bull would please line up if they cared to meet the man who had killed Custer. It made me wonder what sort of people the whites were, anyway. Perhaps they were glad to have Custer killed, and were really pleased to shake the hand with the man who had killed him! He was sincere in his desire to show what we had learned, and persuaded parents to send their children to Carlisle by his appearance, language and skills. However, many children died in boarding schools and parents were fearful to let them go. Moreover, many parents were treated unfairly and had not been notified until after the children died and were buried. It was not the negligence of Captain Pratt, but rather lax Indian agents who would set aside letters from Carlisle until the parents came into the agency for something. While many parents were proud of Luther, they were afraid to send their children away fearing they would never see them again. Some were proud of his achievements while others lamented that he had, in effect, become a white man. But others would not shake his hand because some returning Carlisle students were ashamed of their culture, and a few even tried to pretend that they did not speak Lakota. The difficulties of returning Carlisle students disturbed white educators. Returning Carlisle students found themselves stranded between two cultures, and not accepted by either. Some rejected their educational experiences and . Others found it more convenient and satisfying to remain in white society. Most were able to adjust at least partially to both worlds. I had to get up in the morning before the others and arouse everybody by blowing the morning call. Evenings at ten minutes before nine o. Then all of the boys would run for their rooms. Later on I learned the mess call, and eventually could blow all the calls of the regular army. On May 2. 4, 1. 88. Luther led the first . He had to write a note to Captain Pratt for permission to speak to his father in Lakota. Pratt took such a liking to Luther's father that he took him to visit Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. When the elder Standing Bear returned to Carlisle, visibly impressed with the power of whites, he told his son that he must study hard and learn the white man. He asked me what it was, and I told him it was the white man. He came in and sat with us boys. During the preaching he sat very reverently and listened attentively to all that was said, although he could not understand a single word. His attention to the service pleased Captain Pratt exceedingly. When my father was ready to depart, he was presented with a well- made top- buggy and a set of harness, all of which were made at the school. I was delighted at seeing my father so well treated and recognized. Other chiefs had visited us, but my father was the first Indian to receive such courteous recognition and agreeable presents. Captain Pratt told Luther: . The majority of white people think the Indian is a lazy good- for- nothing. They think he can neither work nor learn anything; that he is very dirty. Now you are going to prove that the red man can learn and work as well as the white man. If John Wanamaker gives you the job of blacking his shoes, see that you make them shine. Then he will give you a better job. If you are put into the office to clean, don. If you do this well, he will give you better work to do. We were invited to ride with them. After the first few mornings, however, I preferred to ride in the street carts, rather than listen to the rough, profane language which these boys used on their way to work. And these boys were supposed to be civilized, having had good teachers and good education, yet they used the vilest of language, to which I did not care to listen. A meeting was held in a large hall, and Captain Pratt spoke of the work of the school, and how all the Indian boys and girls were doing. Then John Wanamaker had me come up on the stage. He told the audience that I was working for him and that I was a Carlisle boy. He stated that I had been promoted from one department to another, every month getting better work and better money, and in spite of the fact that he employed as many as one thousand people in his establishment, he never promoted anyone as rapidly as he had me. That brought considerable applause, and Captain Pratt was very proud of me. Pine Ridge provided a series of varying employment and family ventures. In 1. 89. 1, Luther became principal of a reservation day school. Standing Bear also worked in his uncle. One day they were talking about the delay in mail delivery. I suggested that we call it Kyle. It was a short name and easy to spell. Wanamaker received my letter, he replied immediately. He was pleased with my suggestion, but said that he could not appoint me postmaster, as I was an Indian. It would have to be some white man. There was a Joseph Taylor who was one of our missionaries, and we sent his name. He received the appointment, but I took care of the office. Standing Bear organized public meetings at his dry goods store in Pine Ridge to discuss treaties and current events. Around 1. 89. 9, Standing Bear married Laura Cloud Shield and the couple had one additional child, Eugene George Standing Bear, c. Since 1. 88. 7, Wild Westing has been family tradition with several hundred Pine Ridge families. Many Oglala Lakota Wild Westers from Pine Ridge, South Dakota attended Carlisle. Wild Westers from Pine Ridge enrolled their children at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from its beginning in 1. In 1. 87. 9, Oglala Lakota leaders Chief Blue Horse, Chief American Horse and Chief Red Shirt enrolled their children in the first class at Carlisle. They wanted their children to learn English, trade skills and white customs. Ann Rinaldi, author of 'My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl', later wrote .
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