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Author Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk.

Title Standing Bear of the Ponca / Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve ; illustrated by Thomas Floyd.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (57 pages).
age Children
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Notable Nebraskans
Notable Nebraskans.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48).
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Standing Bear, the Boy; 2. The Tribe; 3. Change; 4. Indian Territory; 5. The Move; 6. Friends; 7. The Trial; 8. Home; 9. After Standing Bear; Timeline; Glossary; Suggested Reading.
Summary For Ages 8 and upImagine having to argue in court that you are a person. Yet this is just what Standing Bear, of the Ponca Indian tribe, did in Omaha in 1879. And because of this trial, the law finally said that an Indian was indeed a person, with rights just like any other American. Standing Bear of the Ponca tells the story of this historic leader, from his childhood education in the ways and traditions of his people to his trials and triumphs as chief of the Bear Clan of the Ponca tribe. Most harrowing is the winter trek on which Standing Bear led his disp.
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Subject Standing Bear, 1829?-1908 -- Juvenile literature.
Standing Bear, 1829?-1908.
Ponca Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ponca Indians -- Kings and rulers.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Ponca Indians.
Ponca Indians -- Relocation -- Juvenile literature.
Ponca Indians -- Relocation.
Ponca Indians -- Claims -- Juvenile literature.
Claims.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Floyd, Thomas L.
Other Form: Print version: 9781299775060
ISBN 9781461937258 (electronic book)
1461937256 (electronic book)
9780803249486 (electronic book)
0803249489 (electronic book)
1299775063 (e-book)
9781299775060 (e-book)