Standing Bear v. Crook
At a glance:
- Series: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
- Categories: Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Nebraska
- Date: 1879
Article abstract: A United States district court finds that “an Indian is a ’person’ within the meaning of the laws of the United States.”
In 1865, the Ponca, a small tribe, were guaranteed a ninety-six-thousand-acre reservation along the Missouri River in northern Nebraska. Three years later, the United States gave the entire Ponca Reservation to the Sioux without consulting the Poncas. The government's solution was to remove the Poncas to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Despite Ponca protests, in 1879 federal troops escorted the whole tribe south to...
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