Henry Standing Bear

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.

Henry Standing Bear upon arrival at Carlisle, 1883

The Society of American Indians was the first national American Indian rights organization run by and for American Indians.

Carlisle alumni, founding conference of the National Congress of American Indians, 1944. Henry Standing Bear front and center.

President Calvin Coolidge being made Sioux Chief by Henry Standing Bear. Rosebud Yellow Robe (center), 1927