STANDING BEAR WAS ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO GO HOME – THEN HIS CASE FORCED A U.S. COURT TO DECIDE IF A NATIVE MAN WAS A “PERSON”

General Crook arrested him but sympathized with him.

Thomas Henry Tibbles publicized the case.

Lawyers filed for habeas corpus.

Susette La Flesche interpreted and advocated.

Federal prosecutors disputed Standing Bear’s right to invoke the writ.

Judge Elmer Dundy ruled that an Indian was a person within the meaning of the law and that the detention could not stand.