William Standing, also known as Fire Bear (July 27, 1904 – June 27, 1951) was an American painter and illustrator.
He was Assiniboine, and his work depicted the lives of Native Americans in the Northwestern United States.
[2] Standing was educated on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation until he went to a boarding school run by Presbyterian missionaries in Wolf Point, Montana.
[1] He moved back to Montana to become a painter, and he used pens, inks and oil to create his artwork.
[3] Standing died in a car accident near Zortman in Phillips County on June 27, 1951,[6] and his body was taken to Malta.