Henry Standing Bear | |
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Oglala Lakota leader | |
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Born | Mato Naji 1874 United States |
Died | October 17, 1953 United States | (aged 78–79)
Relations | Luther Standing Bear (brother) |
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] He was a resident of Chicago's Hull House.[3]
His brother was writer and actor Luther Standing Bear.