Buffalo Child Long Lance, 1890-1932
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Buffalo Child Long Lance, Blood Indian Chief, d. 1932
Long Lance, 1890-1932
Long, Sylvester, 1890-1932
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- Organization: Wild West (Circuses)
- Organization: Conway Hall School
- Organization: St. John's Military Academy
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found: His Buffalo Child Long Lance visits Ohio ... 1924.
found: Smith, D. B. Long Lance, c1982:t.p. (Long Lance) p. 4 (b. Sylvester Clark Long, 12/1/1890) p. 20 (chgd. surname to Long Lance while passing as Indian) p. 76 (given name Buffalo Child in Blood tribal adoption ceremony) p. 231 (d. 3/20/32); (identified through text as Sylvester Long, Long Lance, Buffalo Child Long Lance)
found: African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Long, Sylvester; Chahuska, Long Lance; Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance; autobiographer / memoirist, stage / screen actor, celebrity, foreign military officer; born 01 December 1890 in Winston, North Carolina, United States; attended elementary school and joined traveling Wild West circuses; passed as an Indian and learned rudimentary Cherokee; entered Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania (1909); attended the all-white schools of Conway Hall and St. John's Military Academy; enlisted in the Canadian army and fought in World War I; when released secured a job as a newspaper reporter in Calgary, Alberta (1919); was adopted into the Blood tribe; moved to Vancouver (1922) and performed war whoops and dances and paraded in city events; worked as a press representative at an elite Canadian hotel; Cosmopolitan published “Long Lance” an “autobiography” of his supposed childhood among the last of the traditional Plains Indians (1928), which became a success and soon he was attending Park Avenue parties with New York socialites; he was a star in the film “The Silent Enemy”; when rumors of his actual background spread, he lost his popularity; died 19 March 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States)
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1982-12-17: new
2020-05-18: revised
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