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Standing bear: American: after his people were unjustly evicted from their homeland in Nebraska, Chief Standing Bear--aided by one of the Army's most renowned Indian fighters--mounted a legal challenge to prove what should have been obvious: Indians were people under the law.(Biography)

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| May 02, 2005 | Grigg, William Norman | COPYRIGHT 2005 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In the murky pre-dawn hours of October 30, 1879, Lieutenant Stanton Mason and a detachment of 12 soldiers arrived at the Ponca reservation in Oklahoma's Indian Territory. After concealing their horses behind a small general store, the troops quietly met with William Whiteman, the Indian affairs agent assigned to the Poncas.

For several months, Whiteman had barraged Interior Secretary Carl Schurz with telegrams describing the supposed threat posed by Big Snake, one of several men recognized as chiefs by the Poncas. The dispatches described Big Snake as "extremely sullen and morose" and accused him of having "a very demoralizing effect upon the other Indians." Just ...

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