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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 ...
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 .
An El Paso police officer tells Michael Estrada, who says he has a gun, "Just put it down, dude," in a screenshot of a body camera video released by the El Paso Police Department on March 23 ...
Four people, including two young children, died after a shooting Thursday night, July 4, 2024, at a car wash on Cleburne Road in far southwest Fort Worth, according to MedStar and the medical ...
The attempted murder of Baron Li is the focus of the upcoming episode of 'People Magazine Investigates,' premiering Monday, Dec. 9, at 9/8c on ID and Max
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.
Disturbing body camera footage captured a Missouri mom lunging at police officers while holding her 2-month-old infant — moments before police shot and killed the mother and child.