EPISODE · Jun 15, 2026 · 30 MIN
Nebraska: Standing Bear and the Fight to Be Recognized as a Person
from 50 States, 50 Stories: The Most Fascinating Tales from Every US State That Deserve a Full 1-Hour Pod
In 1879, Ponca chief Standing Bear walked hundreds of miles carrying his son’s bones so the young man could be buried on their ancestral land along Nebraska’s Niobrara River. His act of love ignited a federal trial that forced the United States, for the first time, to decide whether a Native American was legally a “person.”
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