November 29, 2016 | Chief Standing Bear, Historic Sites, Legislation
This beautiful new trail began with a journey that started more than 130 years ago, when the Ponca Tribe was forcibly relocated from the confluence of the Niobrara and Missouri rivers to Oklahoma in 1877. The tribe’s relocation became a return when Chief Standing Bear...
May 21, 2015 | Chief Standing Bear, Legislation
May 13, 2015 11:59 pm • BY THE JOURNAL STAR EDITORIAL BOARD Republicans boast that Congress can get things done in Washington now that they have taken control of both the House and the Senate. One way they could make good on the claim is to approve a study that...
April 29, 2015 | Chief Standing Bear, Legislation
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives passed his legislation directing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic...
April 8, 2015 | Chief Standing Bear, Legislation
Mar 26, 2015 Press Release Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and cosponsor Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) announced that the Natural Resources Committee approved their legislation directing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the...
February 27, 2015 | Chief Standing Bear, Legislation
Click on the link below to view Sen. Deb Fischer’s new trail bill language: Standing Bear Trail Language
January 5, 2015 | Chief Standing Bear, Legislation
December 25, 2014 by Brent Martin It got half-way there. It will have to wait until next year to see if Congress will approve creation of a Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail. The United States House approved by voice vote a bill sponsored by Congressman Jeff...
