“All of a sudden, I saw this bear standing on its hind legs and I’d never seen a bear in person before, so I was pretty freaked out,” he told CNN affiliate KTLA. The standing bear was taller ...

The US Postal Service is honoring Chief Standing Bear, the celebrated Ponca leader who successfully argued for Native Americans to be recognized as people in the eyes of the law, on a Forever stamp.

Chief Standing Bear, whose 1879 lawsuit and celebrated “I Am a Man” courtroom speech led to the recognition of Native American legal rights, was honored on Friday with a Forever stamp ...

Chief Standing Bear just wanted to bury his son at home. The teenager, on his deathbed, told his dad he was worried that if his bones were not buried with his ancestors, then he would be alone in ...

Hugh Reilly talks about Standing Bear v. Crook, the 1879 landmark case involved the Ponca Indian's chief Standing Bear, the United States Government, and General George Crook. It recognized an ...

"Standing Bear died over 100 years ago, but his legacy lives on with our people who are here, with the descendants who are here." Carrie Voss, who is also a Standing Bear descendant, ...