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”

But Dundy faced a simpler statutory reality.

The law said “person.”

Did that word include Standing Bear?

The courtroom proceedings began May 1, 1879, in the U.S.

District Court in Omaha and continued into the next day.

The room was crowded.