Louis Eagle Bear

Louis was an Oglala Lakota Sioux man who lived in the Porcupine District, Pine Ridge Reservation, Shannon County, South Dakota

Source: http://www.primeau.org/1888/index.html
Great Sioux Reservation. "1888 Map showing the location of the Indian reservations within the limits of the United States and territories, compiled from official and other authentic sources, under the direction of the Hon. Jno. H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Wm. H. Rowe, draughtsman." The reservation was established in Dakota by the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868).
Source: from 1888 Map showing the location of the Indian reservations within the limits of the United States and territories, compiled from official and other authentic sources,
under the direction of the Hon. Jno. H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Wm. H. Rowe, draughtsman: online at Oklahoma State University Libraries

The western Sioux had 22 million acres of land, far more than they needed. If they sold half of it, the government would make it available to homesteaders ..." (The Plains Sioux and U.S. colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee, Jeffrey Ostler 2004)

• The world will never know whether it was Craft's counseling, McLaughlin's coaching, or Crook's leadership, that brought the 1889 Sioux Bill to a successful conclusion for the government, but this much is certain: with those three aligned against them, the Lakotas had no chance of keeping their lands. - Thomas W. Foley, Father Francis M. Craft, Missionary to the Sioux 2007 p 69.

The Porcupine District on the Pine Ridge Reservation is primarily known for its connection to the Wounded Knee Massacre, as it was near Porcupine Butte where the U.S. 7th Cavalry intercepted a group of Lakota led by Spotted Elk (Big Foot) before being escorted to Wounded Knee Creek, where the massacre occurred on December 29, 1890; this area is considered a significant historical site due to its role in this tragic event in Native American history.

"Porcupine" likely refers to the prickly pine trees that grow in the area, particularly around Porcupine Butte. The area near Porcupine Butte was where the U.S. military intercepted Spotted Elk's band of Lakota before forcibly marching them to Wounded Knee Creek, where the massacre took place.

Unburied dead at Big Foot's camp roughly three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre, January 1891.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-15849)

Source: Trager And Kuhn, photographer. Chief Spotted Elk's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacreby the U.S. Army, including bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the foreground and U.S. soldiers in the background / Trager & Kuhn, Chadron, Neb. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2007678212/>.

Source: Trager And Kuhn, photographer. Burial of the dead at the Battle of Wounded Knee, S.D. [not before 29 December] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2007681010/>.

Biography:
Born c. 1895, Louis Eagle Bear was the son of Oglala Lakota Sioux parents Eagle Bear and Leader (aka Dance Pipe, etc.). Louis had six siblings. By the time Louis was 18, the older children had left, his parents separated in 1913, and the remaining three younger siblings were split between the father, Eagle Bear, and the mother, Dance Pipe.

His father Eagle Bear was a Corporal in the 6th Cavalry, he survived his son Louis until beyond January 1, 1937

According to the book Vanished in Hiawatha, author Carla Joinson states that Louis was committed from the Pine Ridge Reservation on August 2, 1926, and diagnosed with epilepsy (Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder that causes seizures, which are episodes of abnormal electrical activity in the brain.).

His profile is part of the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Canton_Asylum.

Research Notes:
-Louis Bear Eagle1,2 (M)
(May, 1895 - ), #44377

The nationality of Louis Bear Eagle was Oglala Lakota Sioux.1,2 Louis Bear Eagle was born in May, 1895.1,2 He was the son of (?) Bear Eagle and (?) Leader.1,2 He was listed as "son" and residing in the home of (?) Bear Eagle on the U.S. Indian Census Rolls taken on July 1, 1895, at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota ., USA.1 He was listed as "son" and residing in the home of (?) Bear Eagle on the U.S. Indian Census Rolls taken on June 19, 1896, at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota ., USA.2
Citations
[S561] June 30th 1895.
[S158] June 30th, 1896.
Source: Stevens, Mike. “Tiyospaye - Person Page 191.” Rootsweb.com, 2024, freepages.rootsweb.com/~mikestevens/genealogy/2010-p/p191.htm#i35287. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
-Louis Eagle Bear is NOT identified in the Canton Asylum male censuses 1926-1929, the dates he was supposedly there.
-The 1913 census shows Eagle Bear separated from Eagle Pipe: Louis and Helen lived with their father Eagle Bear and Ruth lived with her mother Eagle Pipe.

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Sources:

1900 Jun 23 - "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST6-2HP : Tue Aug 20 19:16:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Eagle Bear and Pipe Dance, 1900, pg. 231/354, line 6 (b=4/1895), census of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Township, Shannon County, South Dakota

1900 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMC-NGV5 : Fri Mar 08 20:48:12 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg, 96/625, line 3626 (age 5), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1900 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll368unit/page/n93/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 94/622, line 3626 (age 5), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1901 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:71CL-GC3Z : Sat Mar 09 08:21:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg. 239/625, line 3543 (age 6), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1902 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:71CW-RF2M : Fri Mar 08 22:58:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg. 396/625, line 3744 (age 7), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1903 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3B-J9JZ : Sat Mar 09 08:19:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle-Bear, pg. 231/470, line 3591 (age 10), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1904 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll369unit/page/n81/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 82/467, line 3492 (age 9), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1905 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll369unit/page/n228/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 229/467, line 3591 (age 10), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1907 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6H-KWSW : Sun Mar 10 01:47:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle-Bear, pg. 384/470, line 3307 (age 12), census of the Indians of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District

1910 Apr 26 - "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXT-GFG : Sun Mar 10 00:10:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Eagle Bear and Jennie Eagle Bear, 1910, pg. 303/1005, line 29 (age 15), census of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District, South Dakota

1910 Apr 19 - "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXT-GXK : Sun Mar 10 22:35:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Eagle-Bear and Jennie Eagle-Bear, 1910, pg. 301/1005, line 35 (age 15), census of the Pine Ridge Reservation, Porcupine District, South Dakota

1913 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7YTZ-8WZM : Sat Mar 09 14:10:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg. 84/808, line 3430 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, Porcupine District, S. Dak.

1915 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSB-VWVF : Fri Jul 12 00:04:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1819, pg. 264/808, line 3329 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, Porcupine District, S. Dak.

1916 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll370unit/page/n470/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 471/805, line 3350 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.

1917 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYK-S5R1 : Sun Mar 10 01:56:03 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear., pg. 691/808, line 2315 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.

1918 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7XTF-2YW2 : Fri Mar 08 05:22:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1918, pg. 118/698, line 4502 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.

1919 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7XTQ-VDMM : Wed Jul 24 18:49:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1919, pg. 351/698, line 3493 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.

1920 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-67YX : Sat Mar 09 14:52:35 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1920, pg. 579/698, line 3319 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.

1921 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMK7-C96Z : Sat Mar 09 19:08:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1921, pg. 60/738, line 1679 (BHS b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.

1922 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMV8-WD2M : Sun Mar 10 11:45:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1922, pg. 283/738, line 1807 (BHS b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak.

1923 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGT6-TB4B : Sat Mar 09 04:16:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg. 546/738, line 1870 (BHS b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak.

1924 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7RYT-DKN2 : Sat Mar 09 06:34:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg. 76/865, line 1857 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak.

1925 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7RYH-ZB6Z : Sat Mar 09 03:42:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg. 362/865, line 1871 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak.

1926 Jun 30 -"United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-WL7R : Wed Mar 06 21:42:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, pg. 646/865, line 1885 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak.

1927 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJK-BV5C : Sun Mar 10 16:46:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Baar, pg. 69/601, line 1887 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak

1928 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7YRT-Z82M : Tue Jul 09 11:07:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1928, pg. 366/601, line 1927 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak.

1929 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRL-ML9Y : Sun Mar 10 00:20:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 1929, pg. 163/655, line 1927 (b=1895), census of the Oglala Sioux tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation, Pine Ridge jurisdiction

1929 May 9 - "United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLL3-7P7Y : Sun Mar 10 13:41:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis Eagle Bear, 9 May 1929, pg. 185/226, line 1927 (death=5/9/1929), Death Roll exclusive of Stillbirth, Pine Ridge Reservation, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota