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Indian Schools: Kill the Indian, Preserve the Man
Standingbear 7 Laura (Cloud Shield-Standing Bear) Levering and her new husband Levi Levering had both attended Carlisle, where strict discipline and a “kill the Indian but preserve the man” philosophy had converted many young, traditional Native Americans into Christian Americans. … Continue reading
Growing Up Among the Noble OmAHa
Standingbear 6 Until age 8, Eugene Standing Bear stayed with the family of his Uncle White Bull on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota while his mom Laura was busy on- and off-reservation. At Pine Ridge he learned a … Continue reading
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From the Wild West to the Reservation
Standingbear 5 (Among the adjustments the Lakota people had to make in the 19th and early 20th Centuries were clocks and calendars. It was part of their culture to move with the flow of life in North America, oblivious to … Continue reading
Strange, New World
Standingbear 4 Note: Lots of good information and pictures about the Standing Bear family and other Native American tribes and families can be found in the Amertribes chatroom, moderated by Dietmar Schulte-Möhring of Germany. Incidentally, while writing this series, I keep getting … Continue reading
Cowboys and Indians in Hollywood
Standingbear 2 [This is the second part of a series about my old pal Eugene Standingbear (1906-80).] In the autumn of 1977, shortly after I met him, Eugene was called to play the part of an old Lakota shaman in … Continue reading
CHIEF
This is the first of 12 articles about the life and times of Eugene Standingbear. (First in a series….) (If you find something in this series of articles that you think shouldn’t be here, such as a filmclips or photos … Continue reading
Senses, Sciences, Seers, and the Search for Truth
Most of us have quietly endured a life-long debate between our senses and our sciences: It’s obvious, to almost anyone who has ever lived, that the Earth is solid and real beneath our feet, fixed in place, while the sun … Continue reading
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The Sharp, Right Political Turn of America
News roundup, June 2018 The biggest news in the world so far this year is probably the staunch conservative political turn here in the USA, reminiscent of the resource fixation, egocentric leadership, saber-rattling, disgust, and contempt that led humanity into … Continue reading
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Free Market (yay) vs Obama Big Government (boo)
Last week I received an email from a close friend since childhood, who happens to be a writer, a staunch Republican, and an Evangelical Christian. He said he’s writing a book about space colonists from Earth who get into a … Continue reading
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Noble Savage World 