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Standing Bear of the Ponca /
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 o...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2013]
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| Collection: | Notable Nebraskans.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (57 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48). |
| ISBN: | 9781461937258 1461937256 9780803249486 0803249489 1299775063 9781299775060 |