Standing, William
Variant namesWilliam Standing, or Fire Bear, was born July 27, 1904, in Oswego, Montana, on the Fort Peck Reservation, the son of Phillip Standing Rattle (Assiniboine) and Patty Jackson (Canadian Sioux). He came from a distinguished tribal lineage going back to Iron Arrow Point of the Stone Band Indians of the American Revolutionary era.
In his youth he went to elementary school at the Presbyterian Mission at Wolf Point and later attended Haskell College in Kansas from 1920 to 1924. He was an accomplished, self-taught artist working in oil, watercolor and pencil. His works have been displayed internationally and center around the life of the Plains Indians. He also contributed a large number of illustrations to James Larpenteur Long's Land of the Nakoda.
William Standing died June 27, 1951 near Zortman, Montana, on the Fort Belknap Reservation.
From the description of William "Fire Bear" Standing letter, undated. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 679725574
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| creatorOf | Standing, William. William "Fire Bear" Standing letter, undated. | Montana Historical Society Library |
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Person
Birth 1904
Death 1951-06-27
Native Americans
