| Description |
1 online resource (57 pages). |
| Series |
Notable Nebraskans |
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Notable Nebraskans.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48). |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Standing Bear, the Boy; 2. The Tribe; 3. Change; 4. Indian Territory; 5. The Move; 6. Friends; 7. The Trial; 8. Home; 9. After Standing Bear; Timeline; Glossary; Suggested Reading. |
| Summary |
For Ages 8 and upImagine having to argue in court that you are a person. Yet this is just what Standing Bear, of the Ponca Indian tribe, did in Omaha in 1879. And because of this trial, the law finally said that an Indian was indeed a person, with rights just like any other American. Standing Bear of the Ponca tells the story of this historic leader, from his childhood education in the ways and traditions of his people to his trials and triumphs as chief of the Bear Clan of the Ponca tribe. Most harrowing is the winter trek on which Standing Bear led his disp. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Civil rights.
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| Subject |
Standing Bear, Ponca chief -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Ponca Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Standing Bear, 1829?-1908 -- Juvenile literature.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Ponca Indians -- Claims -- Juvenile literature.
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Ponca Indians.
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Indians of North America -- Civil rights.
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Ponca Indians -- Relocation -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Floyd, Thomas L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781299775060 |
| ISBN |
9781461937258 (electronic bk.) |
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1461937256 (electronic bk.) |
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9780803249486 (electronic bk.) |
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0803249489 (electronic bk.) |
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1299775063 (electronic bk.) |
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9781299775060 (electronic bk.) |
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