Henry Standing Bear
Henry Standing Bear (c. 1874 – 1953) ("Matȟó Nážiŋ") was an Oglala Lakota Chief. A founding member of the Society of American Indians (1911–1923), he recruited and commissioned Polish-American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski to build the Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota.[1][2]
Henry Standing Bear | |
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 Henry Standing Bear (right) and artist Korczak Ziolkowski at Thunderhead Mountain, site of Crazy Horse Memorial, and Ziolkowski's model before work on memorial began in 1948. | |
| Oglala Lakota leader | |
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| Born | Mato Naji 1874 United States |
| Died | 1953 (aged 78–79) United States |
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- Luther Standing Bear, "My People the Sioux," (1928), p.viii. Joseph Agonito, "Lakota Portraits: Lives of the Legendary Plains People" (hereinafter "Agonito") (2011), p.235. Donovin Arleigh Sprague, "Rosebud Sioux," p. 40 (2005)
- "Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation". Crazyhorsememorial .org. 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-04-13.
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