Henry Standing Bear (c. 1874 – 1953) ("Matȟó Nážiŋ") was an

Oglala Lakota The Oglala (pronounced , meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota people, Dakota, make up the Sioux, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority ...

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. His brother was writer and actor Luther Standing Bear.

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1874 births 1953 deaths Oglala people Carlisle Indian Industrial School alumni People from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota Members of the Society of American Indians Native American activists Native Americans' rights activists {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub