There exists confusion regarding the year and reservation where Luther Standing Bear was born (either in 1863 or 1868) on the Rosebud Reservation or the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota ...

The pipe-tomahawk once owned by Standing Bear, who became the first Native American to be recognized as a person by the United States government, was returned to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in 2022.

MORE THAN TWO HOURS. TODAY. THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE’S APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE TODAY LOOKING TO BUILD A MUSEUM HONORING CHIEF STANDING BEAR. THAT MUSEUM HAS BEEN ON THE ...