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”

His skin was different from the judge’s.

His political status was different.

His nation was different.

But the government had imprisoned a man.

The law had to decide whether he could challenge that imprisonment.

Dundy said yes.

Standing Bear was released.

He returned to the country from which the Ponca had been forced.

And the promise that began with his son became part of the legal history of the United States.