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”
The Ponca land he remembered had already been radically disrupted by removal and federal action.
A court could order a prisoner released.
It could not recreate the world that existed before 1877.
WINNING THE RIGHT TO GO HOME DID NOT MEAN THERE WAS A HOME WAITING INTACT
This is the point where the inspirational version of the story usually ends too early.
Standing Bear won.
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