![]() ![]() In addition to describing the customs, manners, and traditions of the Teton Sioux, Standing Bear, as Richard N. Standing Bear’s dismay at the condition of his people, when after 16 years absence he returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation, may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933. “A serious and notable contribution to racial understanding.” Saturday Review of Literature. It is lovely to read about Standing Bears upbringing – that really is an ideal to live by! I recommend it to anyone wishing an honest glimpse into the lives of but one band of TRUE Native Americans. It is hard to put down and I have been devouring the pages when I can. I am currently reading this book, and have only read a couple of chapters so far but I LOVE it. It is an ideal to be lived.” Luther Standing Bear “I can now see that humaneness is not a thing which can be ordered by law. ![]()
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