Fort Report: Standing Bear
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following column:
Something stirring happened in Washington this week. Chief Standing Bear, native Nebraskan, first American, leader of the Ponca Tribe, was welcomed to the United States Capitol in Statuary Hall.
In 1877, the Ponca Tribe was forcibly removed from their ancestral homeland.
The harsh injustice of their journey eventually culminated in the famous trial in which Standing Be . . .
Something stirring happened in Washington this week. Chief Standing Bear, native Nebraskan, first American, leader of the Ponca Tribe, was welcomed to the United States Capitol in Statuary Hall.
In 1877, the Ponca Tribe was forcibly removed from their ancestral homeland.
The harsh injustice of their journey eventually culminated in the famous trial in which Standing Be . . .