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”

Yet the case was not won by emotion alone.

Judge Dundy still had to write a decision.

And his written reasoning is where the actual legal boundary changed.

WHAT JUDGE DUNDY ACTUALLY RULED ON MAY 12, 1879

Judge Elmer Dundy issued his decision on May 12.

The ruling favored Standing Bear.