Monthly Archives: December 2018

Standingbear 10 The first half of Eugene Standingbear’s life could be split up into 10-year periods: 1906-16 – Growing up on the reservation, learning Lakota traditions, watching intertribal tensions grudgingly melt, and feeling the relentless pressure of white civilization. 1916-26 … Continue reading →

Standingbear 9 This article is about Eugene Standingbear’s late teens. . Honky-Tonk Drummer It was the Roaring 20s, and big cities were letting off steam with jazz, flappers, the Charleston, and bathtub gin, while out west in the Dakotas it … Continue reading →