September 1908
Q. What tribe was standing bear from?
1829–1908) (Ponca official orthography: Maⁿchú-Naⁿzhíⁿ/Macunajin; other spellings: Ma-chú-nu-zhe, Ma-chú-na-zhe or Mantcunanjin pronounced [mãtʃuꜜnãʒĩꜜ]) was a Ponca chief and Native American civil rights leader who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in 1879 in Omaha that Native Americans are “persons within …
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- Q. What tribe was standing bear from?
- Q. When was standing bear born?
- Q. Where did Standing Bear live in Nebraska?
- Q. Why was standing bear detained?
- Q. Why did Standing Bear return Nebraska?
- Q. Does Standing Bear die?
- Q. What were the last words of Standing Bear’s son?
- Q. What is standing bear known for?
- Q. How many Comanches are there today?
- Q. Why were the Ponca removed?
- Q. Why did Chief Standing Bear have to argue in favor of Native American Indian civil rights in federal court?
- Q. Who is the father of Vic’s baby?
- Q. What happens to Cady on Longmire?
- Q. Is Nighthorse a good guy?
- Q. What did Eddie Harp do to Ferg on Longmire?
Q. When was standing bear born?
1829
Q. Where did Standing Bear live in Nebraska?
Niobrara River Valley
Q. Why was standing bear detained?
Because Indians were not allowed to leave their reservation without permission, Standing Bear and his followers were labeled a renegade band. The Army, on the order of The Secretary of the Interior, arrested them and took them to Fort Omaha, the intention being to return them to Indian Territory.
Q. Why did Standing Bear return Nebraska?
Indian agent William Whiteman ordered a detail to arrest him. When Big Snake resisted he was shot and killed. Following a U.S. Senate investigation of Big Snake’s death, Standing Bear and the Ponca were allowed to return to Nebraska.
Q. Does Standing Bear die?
The really bad news: The scarred and sinister Malachi (Graham Greene) captured Henry, took him out to a remote corner of the desert, and, with ample help from similarly evil minions, pinned him to ground — with, not incidentally, stakes that belong to Nighthorse — and left him to die under the merciless sun.
Q. What were the last words of Standing Bear’s son?
They were not in the new land long when his oldest son, Bear Shield, also died. “His last words were, ‘Father, do not let me be buried here,’” he said, adding that meant a trip back to Nebraska, where he would be considered a threat if he returned.
Q. What is standing bear known for?
Standing Bear (1829-1908) was a respected leader of the small Ponca Indian tribe that resided for years in northern Nebraska. In the late 1870s, at a crucial point in the tribe’s existence, he took heroic action to reverse the wrongs inflicted upon his people at the hands of the U.S. government and its Indian agents.
Q. How many Comanches are there today?
Today, Comanche Nation enrollment equals 15,191, with their tribal complex located near Lawton, Oklahoma within the original reservation boundaries that they share with the Kiowa and Apache in Southwest Oklahoma.
Q. Why were the Ponca removed?
The Ponca, a nation which had been at peace with the United States and was considered friendly, were to be moved from their reservation on the Nebraska-Dakota border to Oklahoma because their reservation had been given to their traditional enemies, the Sioux, in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
Q. Why did Chief Standing Bear have to argue in favor of Native American Indian civil rights in federal court?
The U.S. government argued, “that [Standing Bear] was neither a citizen, nor a person, so he could not sue the government.” Standing Bear’s lawyers argued that under the Fourteenth Amendment, Standing Bear and his fellow Ponca were both citizens and people and entitled to the same constitutional rights as other …
Q. Who is the father of Vic’s baby?
In season 6 the fans might see her involved in the Irish mob. According to Jobs & Hire, Vic is pregnant but it is still unknown who the father is. Some people say she will raise her baby alone, while others say she will accept Will Longmire as a father to the baby.
Q. What happens to Cady on Longmire?
On Election Day, Vic arrives at the scene of a car accident to find Cady critically injured. She had been hit while fixing a flat tire on a car at the side of a road.
Q. Is Nighthorse a good guy?
Nighthorse kind of is guilty, right? The deepest questions have yet to be answered, but he’s willing to do anything to get redress for the fate of the Cheyenne. When the show started he was widely labeled as the bad guy. But he’s actually operating from a legitimate, admirable position.
Q. What did Eddie Harp do to Ferg on Longmire?
Walt lets this ride and give Ferg a couple of days off. Ferg goes out and finds his badge, the one Harp ripped off his uniform shirt, and lifts a print. This ties Harp to Joey Takoda’s murder. Walt and Ferg deliver the evidence to Agent Towson and Longmire tells the FBI agent that the leak came from his end.