Ponca museum reflects tribe’s efforts to maintain homeland, identity

May 12, 2015 | Chief Standing Bear

By Todd von Kampen / World-Herald Correspondent

Like the town in which it sits, the Ponca Tribal Museum and Library reflects human determination to survive where the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers meet.

Founded in 1997, the museum moved in 2011 into a community building… [ Read More at Omaha.com ]

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Did you know that the court case Standing Bear v. Crook was one of the first civil rights cases in the United States?

In today's contentiously divided world, stories of equality and unity are paramount. Chief Standing Bear embodied that saying, "That hand is not the color of yours, but if I prick it, blood will flow and I shall feel pain. The blood is of the same color as yours. God made me and I am a man."

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**Did you know that the court case Standing Bear v. Crook was one of the first civil rights cases in the United States?**