Between 1928 and 1934, Progressives organized and launched a national education campaign to change government policies towards Native Americans.

The campaign began in 1928 with the publication of Standing Bear's book “My People the Sioux” and the release of John Collier's Meriam Report.
 During this period, Standing Bear published four books and numerous articles to educate the public about Lakota culture, and toured the forums of the American lecture circuit building critical support for an "Indian New Deal."

Standing Bear was at the forefront of the Progressive movement and his commentaries educated the American public, deepened awareness and created popular support to change government policies toward Native American peoples.
At the time, Native American authors were a rarity, and Standing Bear's books were considered culturally significant and reviewed by The New York Times.

In 1931, Standing Bear published My Indian Boyhood, a classic memoir of life, experience and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s.
That year, after an absence of 20 years, he visited Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
He was so distressed by the desperate plight of his people that he wrote "The Tragedy of the Sioux" in American Mercury condemning federal Indian policy for the continued destruction of the Lakota.

Land of the Spotted Eagle, published in 1933, is an ethnographic description of traditional Lakota life and customs, criticizing whites' efforts to "make over" the Indian into the likeness of the white race.
In 1933, Standing Bear also published What the Indian Means to America.
In 1934, he published a collection of Lakota tales and legends in Stories of the Sioux.
Between 1928 and 1934, Progressives organized and launched a national education campaign to change government policies towards Native Americans.
The campaign began in 1928 with the publication of Standing Bear's book “My People the Sioux” and the release of John Collier's Meriam Report.  During this period, Standing Bear published four books and numerous articles to educate the public about Lakota culture, and toured the forums of the American lecture circuit building critical support for an "Indian New Deal." 
Standing Bear was at the forefront of the Progressive movement and his commentaries educated the American public, deepened awareness and created popular support to change government policies toward Native American peoples. At the time, Native American authors were a rarity, and Standing Bear's books were considered culturally significant and reviewed by The New York Times.
In 1931, Standing Bear published My Indian Boyhood, a classic memoir of life, experience and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s. That year, after an absence of 20 years, he visited Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He was so distressed by the desperate plight of his people that he wrote "The Tragedy of the Sioux" in American Mercury condemning federal Indian policy for the continued destruction of the Lakota.
Land of the Spotted Eagle, published in 1933, is an ethnographic description of traditional Lakota life and customs, criticizing whites' efforts to "make over" the Indian into the likeness of the white race. In 1933, Standing Bear also published What the Indian Means to America. In 1934, he published a collection of Lakota tales and legends in Stories of the Sioux.
Luther Standing Bear