In honor of Native American Heritage Month join us for this 2011 Emmy-award-winning film on Chief Standing Bear's fight in US Court to prove an Indian was a person under US law. NR, 55 mins
In 1877, the Ponca people were exiled from their Nebraska homeland to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. To honor his dying son's last wish to be buried in his homeland, Chief Standing Bear set off on a grueling, six-hundred-mile journey home.
Captured en-route, Standing Bear sued a famous U.S. army general for his freedom--choosing to fight injustice not with weapons, but with words. The Chief stood before the court to prove that an Indian was a person under the law. The story quickly made newspaper headlines--attracting powerful allies, as well as enemies.
Winner of a Heartland Regional Emmy Award.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Movie | General | Cultural Heritage & Celebrations |