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The Ponca chiefs : an account of the trial of Standing Bear
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- Summary
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Eyewitness account of the law suit that "first established Indians as persons within the meaning of the law."
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- Creator
- Edited with an introd. by Kay Graber
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1972]
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 143 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 0803208146, 9780803208148
- OCLC
- ocm00534326
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Standing Bear's first encounter with the Indain ring -- Standing Bear finds a friend in the editor of a western paper -- A flank movement on the Indian ring -- Mr. Hayt's assult on Standing Bear, and the reply the old chief made -- The Omahas come to Standing Bear's aid -- THe Omahas frightened at the claims of the commissioner -- Standing Bear's religion -- what army officers think of him -- Standing Bear's appeal to the courts -- What the attorneys had to say to the courts -- Stainding Bear released -- decision of Judge Elmer S. Dundy -- The order of release -- Standing Bear's farewell address