February 24, 2018 | Chief Standing Bear
Until 2015, Larry Wright Jr. had never walked the abandoned Union Pacific railway that ran alongside the Big Blue River in southeastern Nebraska, a path similar to one his...
February 15, 2018 | Chief Standing Bear
WATCH VIDEO HERE During a recent trip to Niobrara, we learned more about the history of Chief Standing Bear. In the 1800’s, the Ponca tribe was sent to a reservation in Oklahoma. Once there, Chief Standing Bear decided that he wanted to go back to his...
February 13, 2018 | Chief Standing Bear
When Don Campbell and Judi gaiashkibos first met, neither one of them could have imagined how impactful their friendship would become. gaiashkibos was elected to Doane’s Board of Trustees in 2012, which is how she first met Campbell, who has served on Doane’s Board...
February 9, 2018 | Chief Standing Bear
Sculptor Ben Victor set the bar high for himself. He wanted his sculpture of Standing Bear, the Ponca chief whose 1879 trial...
February 2, 2018 | Chief Standing Bear
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