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 FINAL PAYOFF IS NOT THAT AMERICA FINALLY DECIDED NATIVE PEOPLE WERE HUMAN
That headline would be dramatic.
It would also be wrong.
Native people did not become human because Judge Dundy wrote a decision in 1879.
Ponca political existence did not begin with federal recognition.
Standing Bear’s dignity did not depend on a court.
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