029: Be Good to One Another (Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear)

Long before 31st and Troost was home to Reconciliation Services and other great nonprofits... before Troost Avenue became infamous as Kansas City's racial and economic dividing line due to redlining and block busting... before Troost was a thriving economic hub for KC's Black community... even before this area was a slave plantation established by the Reverend James Porter in 1834... this area was home to the Osage Nation. 

On today's episode of the Social Leader Podcast, Fr. Justin interviews Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Principal Chief of the Osage Nation. Now in his second term as Osage Nation Principal Chief, he continues the work of protecting and enhancing the Osage culture, language, and lands.

Here are Chief Standing Bear's Social Leadership lessons from Osage Elders:

1. Be good to one another
2. Try hard - with tears
3. We are pitiful, turn to prayer

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