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The 63 acres (25 ha) Standing Bear Park [19] in Ponca City, Oklahoma was named in his honor. It is the site of the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center, as well as a 22 feet (6.7 m) high bronze statue of the chief. In 1977, Standing Bear was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. [20] [21] In 1977, Standing Bear Lake opened.
Chief Standing Bear took office after the Osage received a landmark settlement from the federal government to settle claims of mismanagement of revenues due tribal members from leased mineral rights. [ citation needed ] Under his administration, the Osage Nation worked to increase their communal landholdings, acquiring more than 50,000 acres of ...
While Lakota chief Henry Standing Bear believed in the sincerity of the motives, many Native Americans still oppose the intended meaning of the memorial. Opponents of the monument have likened it to pollution and desecration of the landscape and environment of the Black Hills, and of the ideals of Crazy Horse himself.
Gov. Pete Ricketts and other state leaders took another step Thursday to honor the story of Chief Standing Bear, dedicating a building in the shadow of the State Capitol in his honor.
Luther Standing Bear (Óta Kté or "Plenty Kill," also known as Matȟó Nážiŋ or "Standing Bear", 1868 – 1939) was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota author, educator, philosopher, and actor. He worked to preserve Lakota culture and sovereignty, and was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans .
Fort Omaha was the site where Chief Standing Bear was held prior to the 1879 trial of Standing Bear v. Crook. Standing Bear, a Ponca chief, successfully argued in the U.S. District Court that Native Americans were "persons within the meaning of the law" and had rights of citizenship. During the trial, Standing Bear was assisted by Susette ...
Tibbles met the acquaintance of Chief Standing Bear on March 30, 1879, after the Chief and some 30 Ponca Indians were placed under arrest and were being held by order of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz, for fleeing the Indian territory in Oklahoma to their original lands.
A grand jury cleared the officers of wrongdoing in March 1993, describing the shooting as a "tragic event." [134] [135] 1993-01-29: Allen, Derek (28) Ohio (Warren) Allen intruded into his ex-girlfriend's house and took a 3-week-old baby hostage. Police entered the house and shot and killed Allen after he allegedly shot the baby in the head ...