"I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice
by Starita, Joe
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In 1877, Chief Standing Bear’s Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe’s own Trail of Tears. “I Am a Man” chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his only son to their traditional burial ground. Along the way, it examines the complex relationship between the United States government and the small, peaceful tribe and the legal consequences of land swaps and broken treaties, while never losing sight of the heartbreaking journey the Ponca endured.
Info
ISBN: 9780312606381
Published Date: January 5, 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Page Count: 257
Size: 8.29" l x 5.47" w x 0.81" h
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Subject
Historical