Maⁿchú-Naⁿzhíⁿ: Chief Standing Bear - Ponca - Wins 1879 Civil Rights Case vs US Government

This video is for Chief Standing Bear.. his life.. and his successful & historic 1879 court case against the US Government, in Omaha. There are also videos in this channel for: “The Ponca People“..; The Lakota-SiouxPeople“..; “The Hopi People“.. and for over 180 more North & South American Indigenous Tribes & First Nations Peoples. ------------------------------------------------- Chief Standing Bear (Ponca: Maⁿchú-Naⁿzhíⁿ / Macunajin; other spellings: Ma-chú-nu-zhe, Ma-chú-na-zhe or, Mantcunanjin, pronounced: mãtʃuꜜnãʒĩꜜ) is a Ponca Chief and Indigenous American civil rights leader. He was born in May, 1828 and crossed-over one last time to the spirit world, .in 1908. Chief Standing Bear “successfully“ argued in U.S. District Court in 1879, in Omaha that Indigenous Americans are “persons within the meaning of the law“ and have the right of hab
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